49th Annual Medgar Evers Homecoming Celebration featuring Bobby Rush, LJ Echols and Lenny Williams 6/9/12 Edwards, MS $15 at the gate.
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The Stooges Brass Band-“Love On Top” Live at the Levitt Shell, Memphis
#064 Stooges Brass Band-Love On Top.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
The Stooges Brass Band entertain the Levitt Shell crowd with a Beyonce hit in Memphis’ Overton Park, Thursday 5/17/12.
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Bigg Robb-Looking For A Country Girl Snippet
BIGG ROBB-LOOKIN FOR A COUNTRY GIRL SNIPPET (by mrbiggrobb)
New Bigg Robb “Juke Joint Music” album in stores now, featuring Mel Waiters, L.J. Echols, Carl Marshall, Da Problem Solvas and more. Great soul blues!
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The Alvin Fielder Houston Quartet Live at the Alabama Art Kitchen, Tuscaloosa, 2012
The Alvin Fielder Houston Quartet consists of David Dove on trombone, Damon Smith on bass, Jason Jackson on saxophone and Alvin Fielder on the drums. On Sunday 5/13/12 they played a first set of free jazz that lasted about an hour, and after an intermission, a 20-minute second set. It was altogether a great way to end the Alabama Art Kitchen’s two year run in downtown Tuscaloosa.
Closing the Alabama Art Kitchen with Alvin Fielder’s Houston Quartet
The Alvin Fielder Houston Quartet was performing at the Alabama Art Kitchen in downtown Tuscaloosa. Sadly, it was the last night for the Kitchen, which is moving out of the historic Victorian building on University Boulevard which has been their home since 2010. Ultimately, they intend to continue their arts workshops, but they will no longer have a building.
Colt Ford (@coltford) Live on Stage at Arkansas International Airport, Gosnell AR
Average Joe Entertainment recording artist @coltford took the stage Saturday night May 12 at Arkansas International Airport in Gosnell, AR near Blytheville, for a wet but willing crowd during the Declaration of Independence Tour.
Memphis Rap Veteran Al Kapone (@ALKaponeMemphis) at the Lamar Terrace Picnic, May 2012
@ALKaponeMemphis visits the Lamar Terrace Picnic in Overton Park, 5/12/12. The rain couldn’t dampen the spirit, and although the Terrace was torn down, the love and community still stands tall.
Kenny Brown and Duwayne Burnside at the Beale Street Music Festival 2012
Kenny Brown and Duwayne Burnside, Beale Street Music Festival, Memphis, 5/6/12
Kenny Brown and Duwayne Burnside Live at the Beale Street Music Festival, 2012
Hill Country bluesman Kenny Brown grew up near Mississippi Joe Callicutt in Desoto County, and was eventually mentored by the late R.L. Burnside. He has been tireless in his effort to preserve the Hill Country Blues tradition, not only through his performances and recordings but through he and his wife’s organization of the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic which is held in Marshall County, Mississippi each June. Here Kenny and Duwayne Burnside perform at the Southern Comfort Blues Shack at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, 5/6/12. You can purchase Kenny Brown’s most recent album “Can’t Stay Long” here: http://devildownrecords.com/
The Center For Southern Folklore, Memphis
The Center For Southern Folklore is a cool blues venue and shop in downtown Memphis. It’s a great place to hear live blues, soul, jazz or gospel, enjoy a cold beverage or purchase books and CDs about Memphis music and history.