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Radio Memphis Keeps Memphis’ Heritage Upfront… and Personal
If ever there were a musical “bunker,” it’s the place Radio Memphis calls home. You find it tucked deep in the basement of an unassuming strip mall somewhere around 4745 ... -
Jonah Kagen at Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC
Web: jonahkagen.comContact: kylie@jonahkagen.comPlayers: Jonah Kagen, guitars, vocals; Jefferson Rinck, guitars, bass, lower register musings; Sam Johnson, guitar; Dalton Thomas, drums, percussion Smart acts use a cool walk-on track so the ... -
NEP at Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC
Web: robertlesterfolsom.comContact: dshaw@baselinemusic.comPlayers: Nep, vocals; Tyler Pons, drums; Sophia Damiani, bass; Jake Sonderman, guitar Grab your slide rules: Albert Einstein almost had it right, but the real equation on display ... -
Tip Jar: A Tale of Loss, Redemption, and Fulfillment That Is All True and Uplifting
When I was just back from my first year in college, I was staying in the house in Lexington on Hunt Road, and I was just getting things together and rehearsing and ... -
Live Review of CY&I
Cat’s Cradle Carrbora, NC Contact: cysteelecobb@gmail.comWeb: instagram.com/cy_and_i_bandPlayers: Max McMichaels, guitar, vocals; Cy Steele-Cobb, keys; Gus O’Brien, drums; Aidan Gillette, bass The CY&I Christmas Show at the Cat’s Cradle Back Room ... -
Live Review of Robert Lester Folsom
Cat’s Cradle Carrbora, NC Contact: zach@mexicansummer.comWeb: robertlesterfolsom.comPlayers: Landon Gay (Howdy), pedal steel; Kevin Peacon, guitar; Mike Monahan, drums; Robert Lester Folsom, lead; Brooke Gardwood, glockenspiel; Jeremy Marshall Blanton, bass; Jeremy ... -
Tip Jar: Low-Cost Guitars That Earn Their Place on Stage
By the time a guitar survives years of live performances, price becomes irrelevant. What matters is whether it holds tune, projects reliably through a PA, and delivers a sound that ... -
Industry Profile: Fame, The Swampers, and the Concrete Bunker: A Walk Through Muscle Shoals, Where ...
Three years ago, somewhere between a string of shows across Alabama, Nashville, and Mississippi, this writer did what musicians have been doing for decades: we pointed the car toward Muscle ... -
Industry Profile: Steel, Soul, and Six Strings: Inside the World of Mike Slotboom’s Telecasters & ...
This writer met Mike Slotboom in Memphis, TN, at the International Blues Challenge—though at the time, we had no idea we were standing next to one of the most respected ... -
Tip Jar — The Cost of Culture: How Art and Entertainment Left the Common Man ...
A few weeks ago, I went to see Elvis Costello in concert—one of my longtime heroes, a songwriter once known for his sharp wit, his political bite, and his uncanny ...
