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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My Memphis Music Challenge: Elvis and Memphis by way of, click-click, 8-track tape
The publisher recalls his first brush with Elvis and Sun, through his father’s eight-tracks By Mark Fleischer Growing up in Southern California, I don’t have…
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Putting the Music First
Memphis Mayhem is an insider’s history of the city’s sound By David Wesley Williams, for Chapter16.org Ah, Memphis, the Southern capital of sin and song —…
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Memphis, What’s your Memphis music story? Tell us!
For this October’s Memphis Music Month, StoryBoard asks our audience to share their music stories and memories If you’re a fan of Memphis music, chances…
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Love Letter to the Dollyverse
Sarah Smarsh’s She Come by It Natural pays unique tribute to Dolly Parton By Emily Choate, for Chapter16.org Sarah Smarsh’s She Come by It Natural—part biography, part memoir,…
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Coming apart, and back together, with William Luke White
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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