Celebrating the Launch of Royal Records in South Memphis
https://goo.gl/photos/QvjtGqwjvdT4YDhr5 In 1958, record store owner Joe Coughi of Poplar Tunes in Memphis decided to start a record label, and he named it Hi Records, …
https://goo.gl/photos/QvjtGqwjvdT4YDhr5 In 1958, record store owner Joe Coughi of Poplar Tunes in Memphis decided to start a record label, and he named it Hi Records, …
https://goo.gl/photos/DLvbHZARAs6qKHK47 Memphians reacted with understandable sadness to the news last year that Memphis in May was eliminating the Sunset Symphony, which had been one of …
https://goo.gl/photos/eBLqjHjqcNWfuMsC6 https://goo.gl/photos/JATvcUY3U8kiCqub7 https://goo.gl/photos/DHvk3BKxcTGDkteN8 https://goo.gl/photos/5DCMeocig77wy6XP9 https://goo.gl/photos/MnEoDGawbuix84Q89 This year’s Juke Joint Fest culminated with a late Saturday evening show at the Delta Theatre featuring Cedric Burnside and …
https://goo.gl/photos/gnbsnoMSixTCe1Mu9 https://goo.gl/photos/AuQmutRvNZuDVFvXA https://goo.gl/photos/6RCT2skAS3PkYS546 https://goo.gl/photos/s3X4shn3AE2RUTtD8 https://goo.gl/photos/SDcDTVaa7jQsChuB8 The tiny town of Bentonia, Mississippi has more than its fair share of blues musicians, and one of them is …
https://goo.gl/photos/C9KRdHurceoenQpr9 Although not an official act on any of the festival stages, the Memphis-based Baby Blues Drumline is a popular crowd pleaser at the annual …
Black fife and drum bands were once ubiquitous in the rural South, but time has not been kind to this style of music, a sort …
Every April, the Juke Joint Festival takes over Clarksdale, Mississippi, bringing blues fans from all over the world to the small city in the Mississippi …
Mention crawfish and most people will immediately think of Louisiana, but the “mudbug” is a popular sign of spring throughout the South, and Memphis is …
Fans of the unique Mississippi style of blues known as Hill Country blues are of course very familiar with Marshall County, as it was the …
With Saturday being my last day in Austin, I grabbed a breakfast at 24 Diner and then began making the rounds of record stores. I …