Jamming With the Pinettes Brass Band at Bullet's in the Seventh Ward
After dinner, I drove over to the Seventh Ward, to a neighborhood sports bar called Bullet’s, where the all-girl Pinettes Brass Band has a weekly …
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Travis "Trumpet Black" Hill & The Heart Attack Live in the Bywater at Vaughan's @TrumpetBlackNO
Vaughan’s is an out-of-the-way neighborhood bar in the Bywater neighborhood just across the Industrial Canal from the Lower 9th Ward, and the last time I …
House of Funk Band Live at Woody's Steakhouse in Tupelo @WoodysTupelo
My bass-playing friend Monte Butts had asked me to come down to Tupelo and play a gig with him at the Linc Center, and when …
Memphis' 4 Soul Band Live at Aji's Sports Bar
4 Soul Band is Memphis’ premiere soul and contemporary jazz group, and on Monday night, July 28th, they held an open rehearsal at Aji’s Sports …
Classic Soul With A Standing-Room-Only Crowd at the Suga Shack in Memphis
My homeboy Jackie Clark is one of Memphis’ best bass players, and I had noticed him on Facebook talking about a new spot in downtown …
Joshua McCain and the Soul Seven Getting Funky at The Spot Bar & Grill In North Memphis
Memphis has a number of neighborhood clubs, bars and hole-in-the-walls, but it’s not all that common for them to book live bands, so when I …
Arkansas' Best Drummers Highlighted at the @RevRoomLR #TheDrummerIsInTheHouse
In the field of Black music worldwide, no other musical instrument is as important as the drums. Not only is percussion the musical foundation for …
Drummer and DJ at the ICE Bar in Memphis, 7/3/14 @IceBarMemphis
Last week on Hangtime (which is a great way to keep up with events in your hometown, by the way) I read about an event …
The 4 Soul Band Brings The Soul and Funk at Memphis' Exclusive Prive' Restaurant
Back in February, a new restaurant called Prive’ opened in the former Cooker/Smokey Bones building at Winchester and Riverdale in Hickory Hill, owned by a …
Dual Drive Celebrating The Memphis Music Legacy at @SpinStreetMusic
Memphis guitarist Garry Goin is a fairly well-known figure in the local music scene, who often appears at Memphis Grizzlies games at Fed Ex Forum, …