Joe McEwen was going to call his book Soul Music Saved My Life. “Because, in a sense, it did,” says the music executive and ...

As Memphis battles public perception and its own state legislature, one of the world's great music cities begins to get its ...

In addition to the Blues Music Awards, a variety of related events, concerts and film screenings are planned in Memphis.

The music world was rocked early in the year by the news that Billy Bass, a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic, had ...

Many great soul ballads exist. But there is a special category of raw and emotional tunes that, no matter how many times we’ve heard them, continue to give us goosebumps. They arrived at just the ...

Saturday was the first of the pop superstar's two nights at the downtown stadium.

Whether you want to rock out in the countryside or head to the coast to discover some fresh talent, Evie Wynne is your guide ...

Running through Oct. 31 witha panoply of cultural festivals, the entire YBGF season is dedicated to Marcelo Avilés. Read our recommendations.

Composer Adrian Younge talks about being inspired by the spy-thriller sound of 60s and 70s jazz, what it's like being sampled and why his music has a cinematic feel.

Mother’s Day songs from Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Elvis, Hendrix, and more shaped one writer’s life, hi-fi obsession, and ...

Toots and the Maytals, now fronted by Leba Hibbert, daughter of the late reggae great Frederick "Toots" Hibbert, brought their Reggae ...

Her widescreen, acrobatic songs have dominated radios, karaoke nights and — most likely — a big portion of your memory.