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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/aStT7dZtHcHXynji7 I used to pass the old Loflin Safe & Lock Company on Carolina Avenue in Memphis for years, and never thought much about it, …
https://goo.gl/photos/ZzQFQhJgt4SBCz5g9 https://goo.gl/photos/hbmU3n1x1Lrdn49XA https://goo.gl/photos/2vnwgeEe62LxSFS48 https://goo.gl/photos/ywUn2cbfwR6U9vwu8 https://goo.gl/photos/drV2Z3uepJjBfFaf9 My homeboy Otis Logan is one of Memphis’ best young drummers, so when he told me he would be playing …
https://goo.gl/photos/8P5PsGjXipFdkNhy8 The good folks at Ponderosa Stomp, otherwise known as the Mystic Knights of the Mau Mau, don’t stop at putting on a wonderful roots …
https://goo.gl/photos/rMmSxYJFBm9KQvRT6 New Orleans might be America’s music capital, but it’s not the place we think of much when it comes to blues. We revel in …
https://goo.gl/photos/7NEYE8Bjo14r1pHK8 https://goo.gl/photos/5L7XCGUC2G5dT5bu5 https://goo.gl/photos/qoVYVVBrNqweDfdZ7 My homeboy Darren Towns plays bass drum for the TBC Brass Band, which in my opinion is New Orleans’ greatest brass band. …
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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 …
