Entries by thomas

#2926 – Alexis Grace

bealestreetcaravan · #2840 – Alexis Grace This week on BSC we feature a performance by Bill Abel from the Mighty Mississippi Music Fest during Bridging the Blues. He’s an accomplished potter and visual-artist, but most folks know him as an omni-present force on the Delta festival and jook joint circuit. Also BSC contributor Preston Lauterbach […]

#2925 – Bill Abel

This week on BSC we feature a performance by Bill Abel from the Mighty Mississippi Music Fest during Bridging the Blues. He’s an accomplished potter and visual-artist, but most folks know him as an omni-present force on the Delta festival and jook joint circuit. Also BSC contributor Preston Lauterbach continues his series the Chitlin’ Circuit […]

#2924 – The Wilkins Sisters at the 2024 RiverBeat Music Festival

This week on Beale Street Caravan we feature the soulful sounds of The Wilkins Sisters live from the 2024 RiverBeat Music Festival. Sisters Tangela, Joyce, and Tawana are the daughters of the late gospel bluesman, Reverend John Wilkins, and are keeping their family’s musical tradition alive and well. Grammy nominated blues man, Guy Davis, will […]

#2923 – MD’s Tribute to McLemore Ave.

bealestreetcaravan · Beale Street Caravan – MD's Tribute to McLemore Avenue In early 1970, Booker T Jones was on sabbatical in California having grown disillusioned with confines of Stax Records and Memphis, when he heard the Beatles’ latest effort, Abbey Road. So moved was he by the Beatles’ genius and daring, that he sat down […]

#2922 – Dirty Streets

This week on Beale Street Caravan, we bring back Dirty Streets as they celebrate the release of their latest project, “Who’s Gonna Love You”, live from Growlers in Memphis, TN. Grammy nominated blues man, Guy Davis, will be with us to deliver an installment of the Blues Hall of Fame, an exploration of the lives […]

#2921 – Reigning Sound and Lucy Woodward

Over the past few seasons, BSC has brought our listeners a lot of Memphis music from a funky Midtown dive known as Bar DKDC (Don’t Know, Don’t Care). On this week’s program we take a closer look at what makes a music spot special. We talk with the owner, restaurateur Karen Carrier, and we have […]

#2920 – Tedeschi Trucks Band

bealestreetcaravan · Beale Street Caravan – Tedeschi Trucks Band BSC favorites Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks join us this week for a scorching set captured at The Orpheum Theater at the intersection of Beale and Main St. in Memphis. The band had just released its fifth album, Live At The Fox – Oakland.

#2919 – Lina Beach Live at Bar DKDC

This week on Beale Street Caravan, we feature singer-songwriter and musician, Lina Beach. After starting as an intern at Royal Studios with Grammy winner, Boo Mitchell, she has become a songwriter, recording artist, and session musician, performing with the legendary Hi Rhythm Section.. Join us as we capture her live set from Bar DKDC, in […]

#2819 – Candi Staton

This week on the program we feature the First Lady of Soul, Candi Staton in a live performance captured at AmericanaFest, and, later in the program, we get to sit down and catch up with her for an in depth interview. Candi received her first record deal as a teenager and spent the formative years […]

#2917 – Cedric Burnside

bealestreetcaravan · Beale Street Caravan – Cedric Burnside Grammy nominated blues artist, Cedric Burnside, is back with us this week. Cedric is the grandson of the late, great R.L. Burnside, and he plays the Hill Country blues like nobody else. This performance was captured at The Memphis Blues Society’s Bonafide Blues Festival during Bridging the […]