04/14/22
By Kierstyn Pryor Stax Music Academy has done it again! As students of the academy continue to excel in their goal of keeping Stax Records’ legacy alive, they have taken their talents a step further. From earlier opportunities such as playing international performances and working with singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake, the students are back in the…
04/08/22
On April 9th and 10th at the Halloran Centre, New Ballet Ensemble will be hosting its annual Springloaded production. The show features a diverse repertoire choreographed by international artists, including Memphis-raised alumni, Maxx Reed and Briana Brown. They both trained at New Ballet during their youth and then served as teaching artists for the school.…
04/06/22
By Jayne Ellen White Midtown Memphis’ music scene is prolific, much like one of its primary contributors, the multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Graham Winchester. Winchester can be seen performing as one half of the band Turnstyles, and co-founded Memphis’ Blast Habit Records in 2021. The label’s first release, So Gung Ho, is also one of Winchester’s…
03/30/22
By Zachary Corsa SUPERSTARSWISH is confident, ambitious, and driven. For a hustling young rapper in the venerable Memphis hip-hop game, there’s no other way to be if you hope to leave your mark and join the ranks of the Bluff City legends that preceded you. But in a scene teeming with hopefuls and might-be’s, SWISH…
03/24/22
By Jayne Ellen White The music industry has traditionally lacked female creative minds. In fact, women represent percentages in the single digits in most sectors of the music industry, and seeing more examples of women thriving in the space in Memphis is a testament to our growing music culture and identity. Meet Memphian McKenzii Webster,…
03/24/22
By: Brianna Smith-Herman The funeral service industry has long been a male-dominated one, but times are changing as more women are entering into the profession and breaking down stereotypes. While still not yet considered female-dominated, the fresh infusion of death-positive philosophy, life celebration, and death doulaship by women is changing the face of the death…
03/21/22
By: Brianna Smith-Herman The DJ industry has historically been a male-dominant space, but, within recent years, many female DJs and producers have begun to rise within this industry. There’s no shortage of women who can hold their own behind the turntables here in Memphis. There are countless impressive female DJs mixing tunes across the city,…
03/16/22
While the music industry has often been criticized as a boy’s club (and for good reason), women in Memphis have been at the forefront of various genres since the very beginning. In the 1930s, Memphis Minnie earned a reputation as one of the country’s most formidable guitar players, prompting blues legend Big Bill Broonzy to say that she could “pick a guitar and sing as good as any man I’ve ever heard.” In the 1950s, Cordell Jackson became the first woman to produce, arrange, engineer, and promote music on her own rock and roll label.
03/10/22
By: Ariel Taranski Are you wanting to celebrate Women’s History Month in Memphis, but you’re not sure where to start? Luckily for you, this city has some amazing upcoming events that you won’t want to miss. There are so many ways to honor women and celebrate them this month, right here in our city that’s…
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