Can't believe it's been over three months since my last blog attempt.  It's been very busy and I've been scatter-brained working on a quasi-festival that commenced last weekend.   For the first time around it was fine.  South Main garnered quite…

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Kacey Musgraves, considering myself my friend Ashlee Jean and I to be OG fans in fact.  In September of 2014 I had just quit my job at the cable station in…

When I first moved to Memphis 25+ years ago, I asked somebody how I could figure out what was going on Downtown.  “ Just sit in the lobby bar at The Peabody, have a drink and read the Memphis Flyer…

My upfront apologies for a rare time to boast over here in Memphis.  Aside from delayed and lackluster road response, we fared pretty well from the latest storm of the century.  In the wake of said storm, we put on…

Much like events of nearly six years ago, the long snow break doesn't necessarily foster creativity.  Bare with me while I drum some up from the last few days.  First of all, our amazing South Main Community has been a…

Greetings from the little music room on the far end of the street where all the cool kids meet.

We started our programming a couple of weeks earlier than in past years because we wanted to accomodate Madaline Collins and…

January 1st marked the 29th anniversary of Townes Van Zant's death and the sixth annual tribute show here in Memphis.  Event coordinater and band leader Brian Blake assembled a cast of 17+ musicians and accompanying band members for this well-promoted…

One of the things I try to do is look forward, not backward but sometimes it's OK to dig up things from the past that make you happy.  Whether it's writing a letter or listening to a song from long…

Friday Night 12/12/25 was, as predicted:  “One of those nights" that we'll remember for a long time.

Of course, the fun got started with Sarah Spain recording a Christmas song on WREG in the afternoon.  It's always a treat doing…

My blogs are obviously spurred by the songwriters and this is no exception.  Last night we had Van Duren, a Memphis legend play at South Main Sounds.  I and my friends basically sat in awe as the room filled up…