Memphis Photos

Photos by Brandon Dill

  • 'It's always a challenge, but I've been able to cobble together a decent living,' says James Gholson, a longtime Memphis Symphony Orchestra principal clarinetist and UofM professor seen here talking to fellow reedist Nobuko Igarashi at rehearsal.
  • Beale Street Music Festival
  • Mary Robinson and Ruthie Bowlin's 'Modern Dialect' piece interprets John Steuart Curry's portrait of critic Stanley Young.
  • Douglass High School dance instructor Dr. Niambi Webster (left) examines fabric offered by Moulaye Niang during last year's Africa In April Cultural Awareness Festival at Robert R. Church Park.
  • Memphis foodies Angela and Paul Knipple included 40 or so profiles of immigrant Southern food purveyors in their new book, 'The World in a Skillet: A Food Lover's Tour of the New American South.' Among them was Memphis Ethiopian restaurant Abyssinia.
  • A four-star review in The Commercial Appeal is a rare thing, but Chez Phillippe in The Peabody earned it. The dining room is sumptuously appointed, the service flawless, the food stellar and beautifully presented.
  • Chez Philippe - poster
  • The dining room decor and table settings at Chez Philippe are luxurious, in keeping with the top-notch, creative dishes prepared in the kitchen.
  • Tad Pierson
  • Erik Proveaux and Carrie Mitchum, co-owners of Fuel Café, greet customers from inside their food truck. Their commitment to using all-natural ingredients and humanely raised meats has been greeted enthusiastically by customers.
  • Chris Brown performs at FedExForum after special guests Tyga, Bow Wow and T-Pain.
  • Chris Brown performs at FedExForum after special guests Tyga, Bow Wow and T-Pain.
  • Niko Lyras - poster
  • Niko Lyras of Cotton Row Studios.
  • Cyril Neville
  • Cyril Neville
  • Alison Krauss-poster
  • Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas played up the blue in bluegrass at their sold-out concert on Thursday night at the Orpheum.
  • Alison Krauss
  • Cheffies - poster
  • Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl -- poster
  • Bon Jovi for poster.
  • Jon Bon Jovi exhorts the crowd on Thursday night at FedExForum.
  • Yazoo's Delta Q - poster
  • music fest, jimbo Mathus - poster
  • Jimbo Mathus performs in the FedEx Blues Tent Saturday during Beale Street Music Festival.
  • music fest river-poster
  • Ashley Blackard reaches through a fence to take a picture of the Mississippi River during the Beale Street Music Festival.
  • Sick Puppies, Emm Anzai - poster
  • 8Ball, half of rap duo 8Ball & MJG, performs on the Horseshoe Casino Stage on Saturday during Beale Street Music Festival.
  • Bassist Emm Anzai and Sick Puppies played a heavy and profane performance on the Horseshoe Casino stage Saturday at the Beale Street Music Festival at Tom Lee Park.
  • Bassist Emm Anzai and Sick Puppies played a heavy and profane performance on the Horseshoe Casino stage Saturday at the Beale Street Music Festival at Tom Lee Park.
  • Music Fest - Sick Puppies' Emm Anzai - poster
  • Music Fest - B.o.B. - poster
  • Music Fest - Flaming Lips - Poster
  • Music Fest - Amy LaVere - poster
  • Amy LaVere picks up beads thrown by a fan on the Bud Light stage on Saturday during the Beale Street Music Festival.
  • Justin Mclean and his daughter Mya Mclean, 5, dance to Memphis-based FreeSol at the Bud Light Stage on Friday night during Beale Street Music Festival.
  • Justin Mclean and his daughter Mya Mclean, 5, dance to Memphis-based FreeSol at the Bud Light stage on Friday night during Beale Street Music Festival.
  • Cage the Elephant singer Matthew Shultz leaps into the crowd at the Horseshoe Casino stage on Friday night during Beale Street Music Festival.
  • Cage the Elephant singer Matthew Shultz (right) gets up close with fans Kaitlin McCormick (from left), Brandon Pernell and Catherine Pernell at the Horseshoe Casino stage.
  • Music Fest routes- poster
  • Taste for China - poster
  • A sandstone sculpture from the Tang Dynasty, entitled 'Head of a Guardian (Lokapala),' on display at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art as part of the exhibition 'A Taste for China.'
  • Craten Armmer (right) and others watch the Watoto dancers during a special performance in their new location at 55 S. Main St.
  • Felicia Boswell and Justin Patterson perform scenes from 'Memphis the Musical' at the Orpheum during an event to unveil the theater's 2011-2012 season lineup of shows.
  • Felicia Boswell and Justin Patterson perform a scene from 'Memphis the Musical' on Monday at the Orpheum's announcement event.
  • Wilco
  • Of ArtsMemphis funded groups, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra continues to receive the highest amount -- $390,747 this year. In February, Colonial Middle School student Alandria Waller, 13, (right) received last minute advice from MSO bass player Scott Best before a Young People's Concert performance at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts.
  • Paulette's is moving from its current location in Overton Square to Mud Island in the space presently occupied by Currents at River Inn.