Tyke T Waking Memphis Up With The 4 Soul Band at River Arts Fest @Tyke_T
Tyke T was already an up-and-coming Memphis rapper when the local radio station K-97 proclaimed him the “Next Big Thing” after he won a contest …
America's Golden Age Revived with the Side Street Steppers @SideStSteppers
The Side Street Steppers are a Memphis-based band whose repertoire consists mainly of music from the 1920’s and 1930’s, an era that has largely been …
A Soulful Independence with Deering and Down at River Arts Fest @deeringanddown
Memphis indie duo Deering and Down wear their Memphis influences on their sleeve. Yet the 13-year-old duo of Lahna Deering and the Rev. Neil Down …
Craft Pop Pops Up At The River Arts Festival @LovePopSodaShop
Given the immense and growing popularity of craft beer and micro brewing, it comes as no surprise that there is also a craft soda movement, …
Bluesman Terry "Big T" Williams Performing at the River Arts Festival
For whatever reason, the music at this year’s River Arts Festival seemed oriented toward folk, rock and country, with far less jazz, blues, soul or …
River Arts Festival Takes Over Memphis' South Main Arts District
Each October, the River Arts Festival takes over Memphis’ South Main Arts District, the trendy neighborhood south of Beale Street and north of the Central …
Frayser's Block Party for Peace at Ed Rice Community Center
Each year, in the fall, State Representative Antonio Parkinson sponsors a Block Party for Peace in either the Raleigh or Frayser neighborhoods, which are his …
Killer Mike and El-P Run The Jewels at Minglewood Hall in Memphis @KillerMikeGTO @therealelp @MinglewoodHall @RunJewels
Every once in awhile, a corporation does something worthwhile, and certainly Red Bull’s Sound Select tour with Run The Jewels fits the bill. Run the …
The Men of Class Second-Line with Da Truth Brass Band Uptown in New Orleans
On the Sunday after Grambling homecoming, I drove down from Monroe to New Orleans for a second-line sponsored by a social aid and pleasure club …