Kicking Off The Recording Academy’s 40th with @AmyLavere @grammy365
Memphis actress and singer Amy LaVere kicked off the Memphis Recording Academy 40th Anniversary celebration with a performance of several Sun Records tunes and a …
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Celebrating 40 Years of The Recording Academy in Memphis @grammy365
The Memphis chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (now The Recording Academy) was founded in 1973, at the high-water mark of …
The Better Days for Louisville Music are Here!
At a time when record stores seem to close every other day (including the high-profile end of Louisville’s Ear-X-Tacy), it’s always thrilling when a new …
CD Warehouse: West Cincinnati’s Home For Rap
West Cincinnati’s CD Warehouse store is not easy to get to at all, but it is the city’s best place to buy rap and hip-hop …
Dayton’s Omega Music (@Omegamusicohio) and Oregon District
Dayton’s oldest and best independent record store is Omega Music, a new-and-used store that moved to the city’s Oregon District entertainment area a few years …
Around Cincinnati on a Sunday morning
After breakfast at the Bluebird Restaurant, I headed around to a number of Cincinnati record stores, dropping off posters for the new Lil Wyte and …
Live Jazz, Blues and Soul at the Greenwich
From the Jazz Club at Schwartz’s Point, I made my way over to the Greenwich on Gilbert Avenue, which is a historic-looking supper club in …
Jazz at Schwartz’s Point, Cincinnati
After dinner, I made my way to the Jazz at Schwartz’s Point night club, since it appeared that the legendary Blue Wisp was having a …
Vinyl, Coffee and More in Cincinnati’s Northside Neighborhood @shakeitrecords @SidewinderCoffee
Despite the morning rain, which was heavy enough to cause flooding in some areas, I headed out to the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati to visit …
Cincinnati’s Elementz Hip Hop Youth Center @elementzhiphop
I had visited the Elementz Hip Hop Youth Center in Cincinnati’s Over-The-Rhine neighborhood first in 2008, and had met the young people there who were …