Music
Harmony at Home
This Thursday, Morningbell Records & Studios hosts "Happy Homecoming," a concert featuring Lizzie Wright, Laurel Isbister Irby and Alex Pieschel.
Events
Jazz Honors at the Alamo
When it's cold outside, come warm up in the jazz of the "Night of Musical Artistry."
Interview
Cody Cox, On the Record
When it comes to advice for local musicians, Cody Cox is one of the best guys to go to.
Key of G
The Best of 2012
2012 has been a fantastic year for new music. If you have been keeping up with the column this year, you know by now that there have been a multitude …
Indian Sitar Virtuoso Ravi Shankar Dies at 92
With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso hobnobbed with the Beatles, became a hippie musical icon and spearheaded the …
Guy to Headline New Jackson Festival
Five-time Grammy winner Buddy Guy will headline a new Jackson festival in 2013.
Dave Brubeck, Legend Who Helped Define Jazz, Dies
You don't have to be a jazz aficionado to recognize "Take Five," the smoky instrumental by the Dave Brubeck Quartet that instantly evokes swinging bachelor pads, hi-fi systems and cool …
Natalie's Notes
Gift of Music
The Christmas holiday season is yet upon us. Some of you look forward to this time of year, while others dread it like the plague. Before things get too crazy …
Miss. Student Challenges Suspension Over Rap Song
A Mississippi school district contends it was justified to suspend a student for recording a rap song that educators believed would disrupt classes and was a threat to teachers.
Memphis Music Hall of Fame Inducts 1st Class
The Memphis Music Hall of Fame inducted its first class Thursday with a roster of 25 music greats spanning generations, from rock 'n' roll icon Elvis Presley to Oscar-winning rap …
Doing Right
“There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. … We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a …
Music
TobyMac Is Bigger Than Ever
Toby McKeehan, aka TobyMac, has sold 11 million albums and won five Grammy Awards, but the 48-year-old father of five has never known the success his latest album, "Eye On …
Music
Grizzly Bear Sharpens its Claws
The newest album from Brooklyn, N.Y., indie quartet Grizzly Bear, “Shields,” proves that fame doesn’t have to be the end of innovation.
Music
Thankful for Jackson’s Music
So, after a brainstorm session on what I’m thankful for in the Jackson music scene, this is what I came up with (and in no particular order).
Music
Martin’s Moves into a New Era
Martin’s has been on the Jackson scene since 1953, when Martin Lassiter opened it as a breakfast and lunch restaurant at the corner of Silas Brown and State streets.
