03/03/21
Women in Memphis have been gritting and grinding since the beginning and our music industry is no different. It’s not just the male artists and industry execs who have made Memphis soul the powerhouse that we all know and love. There are women, either at the forefront of it all or making magic happen behind the scenes, who have built the Memphis music industry from the ground up.
02/01/21
Corey Lou – “INNW (If Not Now, When?)” What do Justin Timberlake and Corey Lou have in common? Well for one, they both love the Stax Music Academy. (Okay, sure, who doesn’t?) We’re excited to bring you SMA alumnus Corey Lou’s brand new video for his single “INNW (If Not Now, When)”! Corey began his…
01/27/21
Issa big day, y’all. We’re so excited to have the exclusive first listen of new music from Jordan Occasionally! Press play to check out “Issaparty,” the lead single from Jordan’s debut album Indigo, dropping next month. Created in the confines of their bedroom during one of the most life-changing years of their life as…
01/14/21
Did you feel that vibration on Sunday, around 7 p.m.? No, it wasn’t the New Madrid finally shifting under our feet – it was the team at UNAPOLOGETIC., once again shaking things up with the launch of UndergroundAF radio. This new platform – which is really a platform inside a platform, since it lives in…
01/08/21
2020 was a roller coaster of a year for many of us, to say the least. However, there’s no doubt that Bluff City is resilient, inspired, and always grinding. Even during a PANDEMIC, our artists have still shown up, and never stopped doing what they love, reinforcing our spirits and hope with the music and…
12/21/20
Memphis is and always has been(in our opinion) the epicenter of Holiday music for all time! It is no surprise that the birthplace of blues and the center of soul provides the lion’s share of holiday classics and modern melodies that consistently decorate the airwaves with joy, comfort, and on this tracklist at least, a…
12/10/20
By Brianna Smith-Herman Female DJs in Memphis have an enriched history! They have always played a critical role in music and dance and, upon closer inspection, women have defied the odds all along. Beyond building careers as vocalists and dancers, they also were risk-taking label managers, scene-defining DJs, visionary artists, and producers. Women are blossoming…
11/27/20
If you’re gearing up for another perfect fall weekend in Memphis, we’ve got your soundtrack courtesy of fresh music from SB Surfsup. We’re excited to premiere his new track “Mode” right here on We Are Memphis Music! Here’s what SB had to say about “Mode” – “I made ‘Mode’ because I was back to myself again,…
11/24/20
Arkansas native Bailey Bigger is a country girl making a name for herself in the Memphis music scene – a University of Memphis Tiger who released her first album, Between the Pages, on the university’s Blue Tom Records just last year. To say she’s been keeping busy since then is an understatement – we got…
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