There are 64 article(s) tagged Memphis music:

• September 2020

  • The Memphis 10: Rolling Stone’s top Memphis albums, and the ones they missed

    Memphis doesn’t loom quite as large on this list as it does in pop music history writ-large, or larger. 

    By Chris Herrington September 24, 2020

• August 2020

  • How Memphis musicians are dealing with the coronavirus shutdown

    This week on The Extra Podcast, Elizabeth Cawein, executive director of Music Export Memphis, joins Eric Barnes to talk about how local musicians are dealing with the coronavirus shutdown.

    By Eric Barnes August 12, 2020

• May 2020

  • Memphis music gets a hand up from EDGE

    A dozen businesses including recording studios and a prominent music venue were approved for grants to help small, inner-city businesses recover from COVID-19.

    By Wayne Risher May 29, 2020

• March 2020

  • March playlist: Discover

    If you love what you hear, let the mix play a few times to be sure the artists see a few pennies. Now is the time to buy that extra record, download an album instead of streaming it, spring for that cool T-shirt or koozie or sticker.

    By Elizabeth Cawein March 22, 2020

• February 2020

  • Roller-skating guitarist readies for second chance at soul success

    Mark Anthony Lee spent the early '80s strumming and skating at the same time. But after years on the sidelines of Memphis soul, a Los Angeles record label has tapped his 1982 single for a compilation of unsung Memphis artists.

    By Jared Boyd February 09, 2020

• January 2020

  • Memphis Tourism launches Music Hub site, program

    When Jayne Ellen White arrived in Memphis 13 years ago, it was to explore Memphis music. Now, she's devised a way for other visitors to do the same.

    By Jared Boyd January 24, 2020

• December 2019

  • Another part of the Memphis music scene is going away

    The Consignment Music Store at 4040 Park Ave. will close on Dec. 17 after nearly three decades of providing local musicians with instruments or cash.

    By Tom Bailey December 04, 2019

• October 2019

  • October Playlist: Hoops and tunes

    It’s not an accident that our sports teams have invested in music. We’re a hoops city, and we’re a music city. In the metaphorical fabric of Memphis, those two threads are intertwined. File under: Things that Define Us.

    By Elizabeth Cawein October 28, 2019

  • The Consortium removes barriers for Memphis musicians

    Led by David Porter, the Consortium MMT is a music incubator that seeks to fast-track success for a rebuilding Memphis music industry.

    By Jared Boyd October 02, 2019

• September 2019

  • Hi-fi: EgglestonWorks tackles extraordinary hotel project

    Memphis-based EgglestonWorks makes high-end loudspeakers and sells them all over the world. Memphians may become more familiar with the company because of the extraordinary project it is carrying out for the new Central Station Hotel and for Memphis music.

    By Tom Bailey September 23, 2019

• June 2019

  • The Central Station Hotel puts fresh spin on Memphis music

    Why did the The Central Station Hotel developers send a photographer on long train trips? And why are they installing a big, wooden dial in each guestroom? The answers involve aspirations to make this hotel a beacon for authentic Memphis music and art.

    By Tom Bailey June 10, 2019

• May 2019

  • A Memphis Music Road Map: The Golden Age

    This year is Memphis' bicentennial, but while there's been Memphis music as long as there's been a Memphis, you can't listen back 200 years. As a result, our three-part Memphis Music Road Map is a de facto centennial of sound. This second part follows a trail from B.B. King's first recordings to the rise of rock 'n' roll and soul, on to Al Green's rejection of secular soul, the emergence of alternative Memphis and Beale Street's decline.

    By Chris Herrington, Jared Boyd May 15, 2019

  • A Memphis Music Road Map: The Early Years

    This year is Memphis' bicentennial, but while there's been Memphis music as long as there's been a Memphis, you can't listen back 200 years. As a result, our three-part Memphis Music Road Map is a de facto centennial (and a little more) of sound. We tell a story of Memphis music's evolution one song at a time, from early blues and the Beale Street sound to the golden age of Sun and Stax and on to the contemporary styles of rock and rap. This first part follows the trail from W.C. Handy to the dawn of World War II. 

    By Chris Herrington May 15, 2019

  • A Memphis Music Road Map: The Modern Era

    This year is Memphis' bicentennial, but while there's been Memphis music as long as there's been a Memphis, you can't listen back 200 years. As a result, our three-part Memphis Music Road Map is a de facto centennial of sound. This final installment follows a trail from the lost decade of the '80s, to rap and indie rock of the '90s, the new bands and breakthroughs of the 2000s, and finally, Memphis music now.

    By Chris Herrington, Jared Boyd May 15, 2019