The Abandonment of Henning, Tennessee
Back in the 1980’s, Henning, Tennessee became famous as the hometown of writer Alex Haley, whose genealogical novel Roots was a best-seller in the late …
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Hate at InLOVE Memphis with Jason Da Hater
InLOVE Memphis is one of Memphis’ most elegant clubs, but it is not usually the venue for any kind of rap music, so I was …
The 4 Soul Band Live at The All-New Sports Junction In Midtown
The old brick building at 1911 Poplar Avenue plays a large role in Memphis music history. It was the home of Kang Rhee martial arts, …
Red White & Blues: Celebrating the Fourth With R. L. Boyce in North Mississippi
Since blues is one of the unique genres of music invented in America, I can think of few better ways to spend the Fourth of …
The Rebirth of Jazz on Beale Street at The Blue Note: A Tribute to Emerson Able
Jazz is the forgotten piece of the Memphis music puzzle. People who are familiar with Isaac Hayes, Al Green or Otis Redding have likely never …
Joshua McCain and the Soul Seven at Los Cabos in Hickory Hill
A year or so ago, Joshua McCain & The Soul Seven were playing every week at a place in Hickory Hill called El Toro Loco, …
A Soulful Sunday in Southwind with the Prime Cut Band #LiveFromMemphis
Audie Smith has been well-known around Memphis as an extraordinary keyboard player, so when I saw that his band Prime Cut was playing at the …
Thursday Night Jazz With Ed Finney & Jeremy Shrader at The Cove
Jazz is getting increasingly harder to find in Memphis these days, and if that wasn’t bad enough, it recently got voted the least-popular genre of …
The Soulful Sounds of Tawanna Campbell at the Afterthought in Little Rock
I was really not familiar with Tawanna Campbell at all, but I was in Little Rock on business, and saw that she was performing at …
Cool Runnings with Chinese Connection Dub Embassy and Roots Of A Rebellion at the Hi-Tone
Memphis has almsot no Caribbean expatriate community at all, and as a result, little Caribbean music either. What Jamaican music comes through the city is …