Memphis-based dronegaze band Nonconnah released their third full-length record, Songs for and About Ghosts, this...

For a certain age group in this region, the two album titles from blind to blue (Craven Hill, 1999) and Another Vivid...

This is a halcyon day for fans of local soul/jazz combo The City Champs, as they’ve just dropped their first single...

Terry Manning is best known as a producer and master of the mixing board, having been the first house engineer for...

More than 10 years ago, I was tasked with scoring a documentary about the political machine of Boss E.H. Crump, and,...

Cover artwork by Rui Ricardo The times I was lucky enough to work with Roland Janes at Sam Phillips Recording Service...

Stephen Chopek is a drummer’s drummer who has made a name as a Memphis sideman over recent years, but that’s not the...

Years ago, the drummer in a band I used to play in brought over his homemade “Dreamachine,” a low-budget stroboscopic...

Most Memphians know James Godwin by his first name, as in James & the Ultrasounds. (Full disclosure: I was an...

Dan Penn knows a bit about suffering and joy. Since he began writing songs and producing at Fame Studios in Florence,...