More Memphis Music

 

WAMM Recommends: Week of March 27

Mempho Presents: Charlie Parr 7PM, Friday, March 31st Hernando’s Hideaway $25 The music of Minnesota country-blues legend Charlie Parr invites the sorts of hyperbolic adjectives familiar to fans of roots music and its troubadours – ‘rough-hewn’, ‘hard-luck’, ‘earthy’. But Parr remain […]

 

WAMM Recommends: Week of March 20

Each week, the team at We Are Memphis Music brings you our picks for the best upcoming live shows headed to the M Town each given week. Here are our selections for the week beginning March 20! Songbirds: A Tribute to Women In Jazz at Crosstown Arts 7:30 PM, Tuesday, March 21st The Green Room […]

 

WAMM Recommends: Week of March 13

Each week, the team at We Are Memphis Music brings you our top live music selections for the week. Here are just some of the great shows headed to the M Town in the next 7 days. Softcult, Soft Blue Shimmer 7PM, Tuesday, March 14th Growler’s $12 Who doesn’t find comfort in soft things from […]

 

WAMM Recommends: Week of March 6

Each week, the team here at WAMM brings you some of the best live shows hitting the Bluff City. Here are our picks for the week beginning March 6. Nicole Boggs & The Reel, Rachel Maxann, & Nick Black 8PM, Thursday, March 9th Hi Tone Cafe $10 Nicole Boggs and the Reel’s 2022 record, […]

 

WAMM Recommends: Week of Feb. 27

Each week, the team at We Are Memphis Music surveys the live music calendars to bring you the best concerts for the coming 7 days. Here are our picks for the week beginning Feb. 27! Cloudland Canyon + Aquarian Blood+ Jesse James Davis 9PM, Friday, March 3rd Bar DKDC Under $10 You have to give […]

 

WAMM Recommends: Week of February 20th

Each week, the team at We Are Memphis Music surveys the upcoming live shows to bring you our picks for the week’s can’t-miss concerts. Here are our picks for the week beginning February 20th. Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros 7PM, Tuesday, February 21st The Orpheum $60 You can’t call Bob […]

 

WAMM Recommends: Week of February 13

Each week, the team at WAMM chooses the best upcoming live shows of the week. Here are our picks for this week, which includes several great options for Valentine’s Day. Lipstick Stains, Joybomb 9PM, Tuesday February 14th The Hi Tone (Small Room) $10 Tuesday isn’t exactly the most beloved […]

 

These Three Memphis Women Are Ready to Take Over the World of Hip-Hop

By Zachary Corsa The passing of Memphis horrorcore legend Gangsta Boo over the New Year’s holiday was a cruel and unexpected blow. The legendary MC of Three 6 Mafia fame was not some reclusive former great who had fallen on hard times to languish in obscurity, but a still-vital and visible […]

 

WAMM Recommends: Week of Feb. 6

Jeremy Stanfill & The Wild hearts w/Special Guest: Grace Askew, Bailey Bigger & Cyrena Wages 8PM, Tuesday, February 7th (Every Tuesday in Feb.) B-SIDE Under $10 Jeremy Stanfill’s long awaited EP, “4403,” will be released sometime in the next month or two, and to gear up […]

 

Classic Rewind: Looking Back on Tela’s Shake Just Anthem “Sho Nuff”

By Ezra Wheeler For the next several months, we at WAMM will be looking back on some of the songs that helped Memphis rap become the center of the hip-hop universe. Today we kick things off with Tela’s 1997 hit “Sho Nuff.” For several years, Memphis rapper Tela’s lone hit “Sho […]

 

WAMM Recommends: Week of January 30

Each week, the team at WAMM make our picks for the best upcoming live shows for the week. Here are our choices for the week beginning January 30. Frankie Valli 7:30 PM, Thursday, February 2nd The Orpheum $65 Frankie Valli is eighty-eight years old and still performing. What’s more, his iconic […]

 

Your Guide to the International Blues Challenge

While everyone knows by now (we hope) that Memphis is known for having a thriving new and current live music scene encompassing all genres, it is still true that Memphis is known worldwide for being the home of the blues. Beale Street has a major history that can backup that claim. From being […]