BSC announces I Listen to Memphis platform!

 

I Listen to Memphis is about Memphis music today, the musicians who make it, and the places and culture that fuel it. We are here to inform and inspire by sharing the best of Memphis music.

* Memphis and Delta artists included in the series are Hippy Soul with Ra’id, Cedric Burnside, Dirty Streets, Liz Brasher, Motel Mirrors, HEELS, Don Bryant & The Bo-Keys, Negro Terror, Spooner Oldham with Marcella & Her Lovers, and Rev John Wilkins with his Three Daughters.

*I Listen to Memphis is sponsored by Arts Memphis, Hyde Family Foundation, Firefly, and Anonymous.

For more information or to sign up to become an ILTM donor, please click here.

#2241 – Shannon McNally

This week we have Shannon McNally in a performance recorded at the Levitt Shell in Memphis. She has a record out titled “Black Irish,” produced by Rodney Crowell (Official) and available now on Compass Records Group. Also on the program, BSC Contributor Robert Gordon...
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#2240 – Don Bryant

This week on Beale Street Caravan we have soul music legend and Fat Possum Records recording artist, Don Bryant. BSC Contributor Robert Gordon will be with us to talk about the History of Hi...
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#2239 – From the Vault: Archived Interview and Performance with Rufus and Carla Thomas

From the Caravan vault: We’re excited to feature the world’s oldest teenager, Rufus Thomas. Rufus is synonymous with Memphis and Beale Street, having began his career at 10 years old tap as a tap dancer on Beale. His prodigiousness was passed to his offspring, Carla,...
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#2238 – Stax Museum’s 15th Anniversary and Reba Russell

We have a lot in store for you this week on BSC! First we have The BoKeys performing in Studio A of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music. We sit down and talk with Floyd Newman, founding member of The Memphis Horns. Then we head to the Beale Street Music Fest and...
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#2237 – Love Light Orchestra

It's real-deal Memphis Blues... the kind of sophisticated blues and jazz sounds you would have heard floating from the windows of The Palace on Beale Street in the 40's and 50's. Keeping the flame burning bright is Memphis’ own Love Light Orchestra. L​ove Light...
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#2236 – Members Only: A Tribute to Bobby Blue Bland

This week on the Caravan we have Members Only: A Tribute to Bobby Blue Bland. Produced by Memphis musician Rodd Bland, son of the late blues icon, the tribute is held at B. B. King’s Blues Club on Beale Street during Blues Music Awards weekend. Special guests include...
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#2235 – Mellotron Variations and Hunt Sales

This week on the program we have Mellotron Variations. An instrumental project built around one of the most unique instruments ever conceived. We’ll also hear from rock and roll veteran, and sideman to the stars, Hunt Sales. BSC contributor Jim Spake is back with us...
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#2234 – 2018 Blues Music Awards

This week on the program we celebrate the biggest night in blues, The 2018 Blues Music Awards. Performances on the episode include winners of the emerging artist category, Southern Avenue; and Memphis music heroes, The North MS Allstars featuring Sharde...
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#2233 – Ameripolitan Music Awards

This week we feature highlights from Dale Watson’s 2018 Ameripolitan Music Awards, held right here in...
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#2232 – Sons of Mudboy

This week we feature the mysterious, inscrutable, ever changing Sons of Mudboy. Also joining us will be BSC contributor, Jim Spake, exploring the legendary sidemen from the early years of rock and roll that played rock’s original lead instrument in a series called...
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