Go Out! Fun events this week
Monday, Feb. 8, 2010
The dean of Memphis singer-songwriters, Keith Sykes, will perform Thursday at the Memphis Zoo's "Thursdays Unplugged at the Lodge" music series. Sykes will be playing selections from his 30-plus years career, which has included writing songs for Jimmy Buffett and Rosanne Cash, among others. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for members, $12 for nonmembers. For more information, visit memphiszoo.org. Full story »
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Disc Reviews: "Home Sweet Home" is home run for String Band
Monday, Jan. 25, 2010
Home Sweet Home" by the South Memphis String Band: Swapping around acoustic guitar, Dobro, mandolin, and banjo, singing into a shared microphone, with only the occasional foot stomp or hand clap to pound home the beat, the trio tear through reverent, deep-felt renditions of public domain tunes like “Jesse James” as well as classics by bluesman Blind Willie Johnson (“Let your Light Shine On Me”) and country forefather A.P. Carter (“Dixie Darling”) that illustrate the common threads in the two genres. Full story »
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Listen Up: After the Storm
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010
Members of After the Storm went through bad weather before the skies finally cleared. Singer Nick Kunkel, 21, and drummer Glenn Griffin, 21, got off to a rocky start. “We actually hated each other in high school,” Griffin said. “We played on the same rugby team. He was pompous. Nick was all about Nick. It was just the way he carried himself.” Kunkel spent a lot of time trying to impress girls. He’d pop the collar of his Polo shirt and try to act cool. “What 18 year old isn’t like that?” he said. Full story »
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Celebrating the life and legacy of Elvis
Friday, Jan. 8, 2010
Like a lot of folks on their way to Memphis this week, Mark Alan Stamaty has never been to the Bluff City before, and he's never experienced the particular madness that grips the city each January and August when fans from around the world arrive to celebrate the birth and mark the death of Elvis Presley. Stamaty is just one of a small army of authors -- from locals like deejay George Klein to Elvis expert Frank Hyland -- who will be promoting their work amid a festival of culture and commerce that's become a twice yearly tradition. Full story »
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