Memphis News

01/06/21

MonoNeon Releases New Album, ‘Banana Peel On Capitol Hill’

The creative musical force known as MonoNeon didn’t waste much time to release a new album to start the year. The colorful bassist and guitarist independently released a nine-track album entitled, Banana Peel on Capitol Hill to his Bandcamp page on Monday. The album’s tracklisting includes previously-released 2020 singles “Breathing While Black” and “Find The Gold”, along with a mix of uniquely-titled recordings like…

01/04/21

Memphis artist’s design debuts on Times Square Jumbotron

Eso Tolson, aka @coolurbanhippie, says his brand — “joy, pride, Black culture, celebration” — has a lot in common with the themes of a multinational beverage company headquartered in Atlanta. The Memphis artist says that’s probably why the Coca-Cola Company chose his art as part of its New Year’s Eve message to be featured on…

12/16/20

‘Black Ice’ Climbers Are Breaking Down Barriers Into The Outdoors

There are no mountains in Memphis. The only rocks rest on jetties in the Mississippi River, lonesome current breaks where few people dare to venture as the river’s muddy waters ripple past endless rows of cotton, rice and soy. The city itself sits on a bluff, overlooking passing barges headed south to New Orleans, or…

12/11/20

Memphis Has The Cure For America’s Stagnant Airwaves Once Again

The words are written at the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, “Memphis is the birthplace of rock and roll.” In the 1920s, it was Memphis that lured blues musicians out of the Mississippi Delta and into the saloons of Beale Street. In the 50s, it was in Memphis where the sounds of…

12/11/20

These five Memphis businesses made a national Top 100 list of fastest-growing companies

Five Memphis companies have made a national list of the fastest-growing companies in under-resourced communities. The Inner City 100 list, compiled annually by the Boston-based Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, recognizes businesses with substantial growth in metro areas with concentrated poverty. This year’s honorees were picked based on job creation and revenue growth from 2015-19,…

12/08/20

Amazon preps for third delivery station in Memphis

With the Amazon fulfillment center on New Allen Road now open, there’s now a possibility for additional jobs in that area in the near future. Just on the west side of the Amazon fulfillment center, prep work is happening for Amazon’s third delivery station in the city of Memphis.

12/07/20

Now’s the time to invest in local real estate

The real estate industry in Memphis is booming thanks to historically low interest rates and inventories of properties for sale, making now the perfect time to invest. Currently, there are roughly 2,500 greater Memphis real estate listings compared to more than 14,000 back in 2007. With inventories so low, and despite COVID-19’s impact, demand is…

12/03/20

$45M Raleigh Springs Civic Center is here, with library, skate park, lake, and more

The $45 million Raleigh Springs Civic Center project at 3452 Austin Peay Highway is nearly finished at the former site of the Raleigh Springs Mall. The 23-acre multiplex is comprised of a new, 17,500-square-foot library and the 38,000-square-foot Austin Peay Police Station and Traffic Precinct, where 600 police officers will be stationed. The officers are…

12/02/20

Bailey Bigger: Confronting Traumas Through Music

What a difference a year makes. Last October, Bailey Bigger released her debut EP, Between the Pages, on Blue Tom Records (the label run by the University of Memphis), and certainly her skills as a songwriter and vocalist were obvious. Her unaffected alto, reminiscent of Buffy Sainte-Marie, was the perfect vehicle for her simple, deft turns…

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