Bonnie Raitt, busting up the boys’ club

My usual, predictable complaint about Beale Street Music Festival (and some other festivals) is that it’s usually pretty lean on acts fronted by or featuring women. This year’s fest boasted Katy Perry, Susan Tedeschi, the Reba Russell Band, and Bonnie Raitt. Assuming I haven’t completely overlooked someone (it’s possible, please comment if so), that’s four [...]

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Preach to me, Al

Internet, I hope you will permit me a moment. A moment for a love letter of sorts. For some Memphians, Al Green may be old news. Or one of those local cultural staples that, like Elvis or Graceland or barbecue or the Peabody ducks, you just sort of eventually become immune to because of its [...]

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A little more about the boys from Chile

Memphis crowds are notoriously stiff, even in the face of obvious awesomeness, but there were a few die-hard Chancho en Piedra fans in the crowd who were feeling the funk and getting down. And The CA’s own Kerry Crawford gets in on the action a little too. Click here for the video, which for some [...]

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Day one: A retrospective

The major rain held off until after festival hours Friday, but it came a crazy flood not too terribly long after midnight (complete with explosive lightning here in Midtown!) and hasn’t let up all that much, which means today (Saturday) is going to be mucky. (And, yes, Muck Sticky*.) I managed to catch at least a [...]

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