It was altogether appropriate that, toward the end of their show Friday night before a crowd of about 700 at the Gold Strike Casino's Millennium Theater in Tunica, Willie Nelson and his Family Band slid into a gospel mode, playing ...

Whatever else might have gone wrong in 2011 — the economy, Japanese nuclear reactors, Charlie Sheen, Kim Kardashian's marriage — it was an uncommonly great year for music of all types.

The past 12 months provided an interesting and more than symbolic glimpse into the current state of music and the music business. In looking back at the best releases of the year, no set pattern revealed itself. Instead, the entries ...

It's only the most hard-hearted and churlish who would deny Bob Seger. And yet, despite his massive popular success over the years, the iconic Michigan rocker has often been overlooked by critics and the music industry at large. On Saturday ...

In the 50 years since Patti LaBelle started in show business, a lot of singers have tried to imitate the vocal stylings of the R&B diva, with her unique combination of jazzy phrasing, gospel passion and pop drama. But after ...

Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's life has been something of a fairy tale. Her sold out concert Sunday night at the FedEx Forum in Memphis before a crowd of over 13,000 shows that fans want to keep that fairy tale going. Though ...

Paul Simon's Saturday night concert, which marked the final event of the Mud Island Amphitheatre season, came under less than ideal circumstances: a sudden cold snap plunging temperatures into the low 40s at show time. Despite the challenging conditions, Simon ...

Say what you will about him, but Chris Brown knows his audience. On Wednesday night, during the opening moments of the R&B superstar's concert at FedExForum in Memphis, he asked the near capacity crowd how many ladies were present. Seemingly, ...

Alternative rockers Death Cab for Cutie performed Wednesday night before a crowd of about 2,500 at Memphis' Mud Island Amphitheater. Unlike a lot of touring bands with a new record to sell, Death Cab For Cutie refreshingly did not shove ...

Don't stop believin', indeed. At this stage of their career -- almost 40 years in, down to two original member, and 15 years without a new hit -- the rock band Journey should, quite frankly, be playing casinos and county ...

Alison Krauss’ Union Station may be the only bluegrass band you’ll ever see that uses fog machines in concert. Their stature also makes them the only bluegrass band you’re ever likely to see that can sell out the 2,400-seat Orpheum ...

Neo-soul singer Jill Scott's vibrant spirit shone through Wednesday night at the FedEx Forum as she headlined the non-stop R&B dance party billed as “Budweiser Superfest Presents Jill Scott’s Summer Block Party.” The shapely powerhouse, performing before an audience of ...

It was a meeting of great American cultural institutions as Stax Academy students brought Memphis soul to New York City.

The local quintet Mouserocket, a sort of supergroup made up of members of such esteemed outfits as Big Ass Truck, the River City Tanlines, Vending Machine, and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, is supposed to be an afterthought. Mouserocket only set ...

Cities Aviv is the stage name of Memphis’ Gavin Mays, a former punk rock singer who, in his new persona, has become the most high profile of a new generation of local alternative rap artists that his contemporary Royal’T has ...