White’s eponymous solo debut from Nine Mile Records echoes the times By Shannon Seaton, for StoryBoard’s SoundBoard Inspiration is so often driven by challenge. Sometimes…
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Queen’s Rules
Late R&B legend Denise LaSalle always called her own shots By Jacqueline Zeisloft, for Chapter16.org In her posthumous memoir, Always the Queen, the fiercely unapologetic Denise…
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Inspiration, intuition and breaking up: Daykisser takes us on a journey
A dreamlike, self-titled 4-song EP from evolving musical project Daykisser By Shannon Seaton It started as a kind of chant in his head that he…
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Blues Meets Folk: Folk Beef by Mark Edward Stuart
Mark Edgar Stuart is never the type to shy from the difficult subjects. These are trying times in more ways than one. Musicians find themselves…
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At 78, Don Bryant Makes It Sound Easy
Rhythm-and-Bluesman Don Bryant’s new album You Make Me Feel, released in June, is just what the doctor ordered. By Ethan Williford In 2017, Memphis rhythm-and-bluesman…
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“I hope we never forget this awful season.” Quarantine Diaries, Memphis: Liz Brasher
A revealing series of self-portraits during the quarantine These profiles were photographed and written during the spring months when we were first introduced to the…
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Remembering Robert Johnson
From Chapter16: Brother Robert provides a human perspective on the man who changed American music By Michael Ray Taylor, for Chapter16.org The city of Memphis plays…
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Memphis Music Hub shares their 2020 list* of songs released by Memphis artists
*The list so far! The Memphis Music Hub has shared their 2020 list of songs released by Memphis artists so far this year. And, as…
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Rediscovering the Delta
A long-lost study of the Mississippi Delta reveals the source of the blues By Jonathan Frey, for Chapter16.org In the early 1940s, Fisk University scholars…
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Pandemic strikes sour note for Memphis musician’s big plans
Feature Image: Rachel Johnson, performing at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is maintaining her entrepreneurial drive while responding to barriers presented by the pandemic. Photo courtesy…
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