The Covington Community Comes Together For Bull Day
Orlandus Cobbins Sr. was known to his friends as “Bull,” and was a positive influence on young people on the westside of Covington, Tennessee, until …
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West Memphis Kicks Off its Annual May Celebration of the Blues with Ra’Shad the Blues Kid
The city of West Memphis, Arkansas is a youngster as American cities go, having been founded really about the time of World War I, and …
Grind City Brewing Gives Memphis A New Amphitheatre and Kicks It Off With Great Music
Anyone familiar with Memphis’s Grind City Brewing Company knows that their beers are named for various aspects of the city’s music scene, particularly its soul …
Barefruit Introduces Arlington to Croughnuts
Everybody knows doughnuts, but what exactly is a croughnut? A new Arlington, Tennessee cafe called Barefruit Cafe can show you better than they can tell …
A Distillery And Live Music in Covington
Live music is not as common in Tipton County, Tennessee as it should be, but the opening of 797 Distillery gives reason to hope that …
Memphis’ South Main District on a Friday Afternoon
On what was really the first warm Friday afternoon of the year in Memphis, I headed downtown to the South Main Arts District. Memphis gets …
You Can Go Home Again: Traveling to Recover the Taste of Youth
The saying is “You can’t go home again,” but it’s not always true. The recent announcement of Pizza Hut’s financial struggles occasioned a considerable amount …
Friday Night Jazz at the Westin Hotel Lobby in Memphis
While Jazz goes on frequently (Tuesdays and Sundays) at The Cove in Binghamton, it also has been going on every other Friday at the Westin …
To Jackson, Tennessee for a Birthday Celebration
Although I did not have the money to take a long trip out of town, on the day after my birthday, I decided to drive …
Coffee with a Note of Jazz at Ridgeland’s Fusion Coffeehouse
A jazz-themed coffee house is not common anywhere, but probably doubly less so in the Jackson, Mississippi area. But as someone who loves both jazz …