Celebrating Earth Month in Memphis: Fostering a Greener Future!
Earth Month is the perfect time to reflect on the beauty of nature and the importance of being a good […]
Read MoreBy Jayne Ellen White The music industry has traditionally lacked female creative minds. In fact, women represent percentages in the […]
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.
I know people who feel most comfortable in dive bars. To be honest, I am one of those people. I’ve […]
There’s no way our Women of Memphis Music playlist is definitive – even though it is literally four of songs written by […]
We want to make it easy for you to discover something new, so each month we put together a Spotify […]
Earth Month is the perfect time to reflect on the beauty of nature and the importance of being a good […]
Read MoreBy Katie Kelly Last month, Memphis rapper Bleu Levees dropped his latest project The LSD Tapes Vol 1. The experimental […]
Read MoreMemphis music is truly unstoppable. Each month welcomes more and more incredible new projects. Here are just 5 we’re highlighting […]
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