By Ken Billett On a warm Saturday afternoon in late May, my birthday week celebration came to an end at the Stax Museum of American…
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Category: Music Features
HALL & OATES help “Make Dreams (Come True)” at Stax Music Academy
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES album artwork sales to raise scholarship funds for Memphis’ Stax Music Academy Daryl Hall…
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Orion Shell Yeah! The Shell is back!
Benefit Concert Series is back with the North Mississippi All-Stars and Tank & the Bangas, and “Tasty Compositions” The Levitt Shell’s annual ticketed Orion Shell…
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SB 30 Episode 64: Discussing Memphis’ vital live music scene, Part II
“Memphis is a city based on contradictions. And great things have happened because of cultural collisions and contradictions. And what makes it great is the fact that…
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New music: Pain, anxiety, and love, with old-school four-track mentality
By Jacob Church After Christmas, I got my old cassette four-track from my parents’ house. I’d been writing songs during the pandemic, and I thought…
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SB 30 Episode 63: Discussing Memphis’ vital, and struggling, live music scene. Part I
“These venues provide a laboratory for growth. I’ve played some big gigs and a small gigs, but honestly some of the most substantial exponential growth…
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SB 30 Episode 60 Teaser
The Mighty Wurlitzer has returned to its home at the Orpheum Theatre! StoryBoard 30 host Mark Fleischer got a sneak peak and timeless listen ahead…
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SB 30 Episode 60: The magic and majesty of the Orpheum’s Mighty Wurlitzer, with historian and organist Vincent Astor
“I became very verklempt. It was such a wonder to play it and hear it again. It’s hard to describe. When I was down here…
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The Orpheum Welcomes Back the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ
Free Limited Capacity Homecoming Event on November 19 MEMPHIS, TN – After over a year of undergoing a complete restoration by JL Weiler Inc. in…
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Tracking History: Hi Records, which brought the music of the people to the people during the Civil Rights Era
By Shannon Seaton, for SoundBoard In the height of 1960’s, the beacon of Memphis Soul Music shone bright. Multiple stand-out labels cut vinyl records during…
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