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01/26/22

Candy Fox Recommends: Jerome Chism & Kyndle Wylde

by Kierstyn Pryor Singer and performer Candy Fox is the epitome of good, soulful music – there is no better person we’d want to take recommendations from! Candy proved her diligence in the musical scene from the minute she stepped in. She released her album “Soul Stir” back in 2009 and has been dominating the…

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12/23/21

WAMM’s picks: the best albums of 2021

by WAMM Staff For your year-end reading and listening pleasure, a little round-up of some of our favorite EPs and albums by Memphis artists released in 2021. Lukah – Why Look Up, God’s in the Mirror With two of this year’s most critically acclaimed albums under his belt, South Memphis rap revivalist Lukah had one…

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12/15/21

WAMM’s picks: the best live shows of 2021

by WAMM staff Omicron and Delta be damned, live music did return in 2021 and, at least in Memphis, in triumphant fashion. Maybe it’s just the post-quarantimes reentry talking but we had some of the most transcendent live music experiences of our lives this year. So what did we do with all those feels? Wrapped…

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12/14/21

Five Questions With Son.Person

by Zachary Corsa Son.person wants to relate to you, to share something bigger through his art than just a sense of fleeting, shallow entertainment. Drawing liberally from nu-pop and hip-hop traditions, the humble Memphian is rooted in weighty concepts of home and familial connections, young love and growing up. Best of all, you can catch…

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12/10/21

Chill out with Kelsey Taylor’s new concept album ‘The Frost’

Did Christmas come early? New lush music from Kelsey Taylor, her album The Frost, dropped December 3 and we’re obsessed – so we asked Kelsey to share the story behind the creation of the record. Here’s what Kelsey shared – keep scrolling to stream the album in full! “The Frost is a concept work about loss,…

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11/18/21

Young Dolph | 1985-2021

We’re mourning the loss of the self-proclaimed “King of Memphis” Young Dolph. A creative, an executive, an artist, an entrepreneur, but most of all – a Memphian who had so much love for his city and showed it every day. We’re listening to his last album, Paper Route Illumnati, on repeat. More from The Commercial…

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11/16/21

Venue Profile: The Lamplighter Lounge

By Zachary Corsa When I relocated to Memphis in the summer of 2016, one of the very first clubs I found myself checking out was The Lamplighter Lounge Memphis at 1702 Madison. At the time, the clearly little hideaway met every possible definition, colloquial or terminological, of the term ‘dive bar’. Beneath pallid lighting, through…

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11/08/21

Alicja-pop celebrates release of Howlin’

B-Side 9 p.m., Friday November 12 In a city packed to the rafters with accomplished musicians, Alicja Trout’s track record still has the ability to amaze. Over the years, the guitarist and singer has often been the lone woman in a male-dominated scene, performing with some of Memphis’ most seminal bands of the past 20+…

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11/01/21

Fresh Fall Sounds: Five Memphis Albums We Love Right Now

By: Ezra Wheeler Blueboys “Something Wicked” For their debut album “Something Wicked,” the hip-hop trio Blueboys nod at Ray Bradbury’s classic horror novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” which tells the story of a mysterious and ghastly traveling carnival. From the opening track “In the End,” it becomes immediately clear why they chose this title…

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