Karma’s Sexy Soul #MMHF13
Memphis’ all-female R & B group Karma brought a soulful seductiveness to the Gayoso Stage at the Memphis Music & Heritage Festival, 8/31/13
View ArticleWaiting on Jesus With The Anointed Cowan Singers #MMHF13
The Anointed Cowan Singers are another Memphis gospel group whose performances and repertoire highlight the extremely close relationship between Memphis gospel and Memphis soul. In fact, the very...
View ArticleJack Rowell Jr. Blues Band at Memphis Music and Heritage Festival #MMHF13
The Jack Rowell Jr. Blues Band is one of Memphis’ best-known blues bands, with a long-standing Thursday night gig at T. J. Mulligan’s in Hickory Hill. At this year’s Memphis Music and Heritage...
View ArticleCelebrating The World We Knew With Tav Falco’s Panther Burns #MMHF13
Tav Falco and the Panther Burns were a vague name on posters and albums at Poplar Tunes in my youth, and I sadly didn’t discover what all the fuss was about until later, long after Tav had left...
View ArticleSuavo J & The Bones Featuring Mr. 88 Live at the Center for Southern Folklore
Hardworking trombonist Suavo J looks increasingly like a man on a mission to single-handedly rescue Memphis music, and he is everywhere these days, whether it’s playing with Otis Logan’s awesome 4...
View ArticleSuavo J and the Memphorleans Street Symphony at the Memphis Music & Heritage...
This year, the On Location: Memphis International Film and Music Festival moved to Labor Day Weekend, which was also the date of the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival, so my ability to check out the...
View ArticleCameron Kimbrough and R. L. Boyce Bringing The Hill Country to the Memphis...
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View ArticleAn Endangered Memphis Black Drumming Tradition Featured at MMHF 2016
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View ArticleR. L. Boyce, Cam Kimbrough, Joyce Jones and the Rising Star Fife and Drum...
New Orleans’beloved Jazz Fest celebrates the wide diversity of New Orleans music, but the Memphis equivalent, the Beale Street Music Festival generally does not feature Memphis’ musical culture or...
View ArticleWilly and the Planks Performing at Memphis’ Center for Southern Folklore
Willy and the Planks is a Nashville-based blues band with strong Hill Country influence, led by Bill Gibbs, whom I met through his friendship with Robert Kimbrough, son of the late Junior Kimbrough....
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