A ‘Little’ Memphis in the Verde Valley, AZ Time Capsules – this story was originally published in December 2019 Story and Photos By Ken Billett…
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Opera Memphis partnership with Stax Music Academy sends talented 7th-grader to New York’s Metropolitan Opera
Partnership results in a Metropolitan Opera contract for local Memphis talent, Caleb Thompson, age 12 By Tim Sampson, for the Stax Music Academy When the…
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Stax in my Soul
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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Jazz at Neil’s: An evening of raw magic and pure joy
On Sunday night, June 13, 2021, StoryBoard Memphis and Strictly Jazz Entertainment hosted a very special event at Neil’s Music Room. StoryBoard creator Mark Fleischer…
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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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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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Why Merle Haggard Deserves a Nobel Prize
Peter Guralnick discusses his latest book, Looking to Get Lost By Jim Patterson, for Chapter16.org If Peter Guralnick only accomplished rescuing Elvis Presley from the bilious…
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This Is How I Saved Myself
Tina Turner shares her spiritual practice of 50 years By Tina Chambers, for Chapter16.org In Tina Turner’s new book, Happiness Becomes You, she advises readers to ask…
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Shuddh Desi Radio brings unity and the sounds of India to listeners
Desis’ love to hear, listen and speak about Shuddh Desi Radio – “Pure Desi” – in the foreign land By Arijit Basu In the heart…
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Robert Gordon: Memphis Calling
Robert Gordon revisits his rollicking tale of a revolutionary musical city By David Wesley Williams, for Chapter16.org The title told it all, like some sci-fi…
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