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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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