Folk Alliance Conference 2010 Keynote Speakers Announced, updated performer list, plus my recommendations!
Folk Alliance International has announce Rounder Records founders Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton-Levy as the featured Keynote speakers for the 2010 International Folk Alliance Conference on February 18th in Memphis.
From their humble beginnings thirty years ago as naïve, musically inspired college students from Cambridge, Mass. to what is now considered to be America’s [...]
Folk Alliance International announces showcase artist for 2010 conference
Folk Alliance International has announced the following showcase artists for the 2010 Conference held in Memphis February 17-21st, 2010.
These artists are:
Al Berard Cajun Combo (Cecilia, LA)
8 Ball Aitken (Brisbane, Australia)
Act of Congress (Birmingham, AL)
Albert and Gage (Austin, TX)
Diana Anaid (Sydney, Australia)
Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders (Lincoln, VA)
Asani (Edmonton, AB, Canada)
Grace Askew (Memphis, TN)
Danny Barnes (Port [...]
Stax Music Academy Winter Concert Salutes Divas of Soul, Jazz, Pop, & R&B with Special Guest Candi Staton
When the Stax Music Academy students take to the stage on December 5, 2009 at Germantown Performing Arts Center in Memphis to salute some of the most popular female singers in American history, they will be joined by one of the most internationally renowned soul and gospel singers in the industry, Candi Staton.
The concert [...]
True Story Pictures Presents: The Music Interviews – Series One
On Thursday, December 10th, from 5:30 – 8:30 PM True Stories Pictures will present The Music Interviews – Series One in Memphis College of Art’s Rust Hall in Overton Park. The evening will include a premiere screening of 3 short documentaries in the Callicott Auditorium downstairs, a wine tasting with paired foods, and music videos [...]
Red Bull Big Tune Crowns Frank Dukes in Atlanta
A crowd of 1,000 packed the main lounge and balcony boxes of Opera in Midtown Atlanta to cast their vote for the producer with the hottest beats in the 2009 Red Bull Big Tune Finals. Sixteen producers representing eight cities across the country battled it out in a head-to-head competition that came down to last [...]
New Stax Exhibition to Open – “Still Life in Soul”
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music announces a new exhibition, “STILL LIFE IN SOUL,” opening November 6th, 2009. The exhibit explores the current life, activity, and resurgence in popularity of soul music through portrait, performance, and documentary photography made since 2005 by music photographer Jacob Blickenstaff.
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music announces a [...]
Going Gray at Girltalk
I have a confession to make: I am getting old.
Now, I know what you’re thinking – Rachel, you’re not old – you look GREAT! But, alas, I must be getting old because last Friday night when I went to Girltalk at Minglewood Hall I felt something that I have never felt before at a live [...]
Saving the Memphis Music Scene
October 2, 2009 by admin
Filed under Featured, Music, Observations
Last week the BBC posted a video highlighting the return of Al Bell to the Memphis Music Scene. You can watch the video detailing his return to Memphis here.
Although I think it’s great that Al Bell wants to be involved again, and I am quite sure his experiences with Stax are valuable, there were a [...]
