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Downtown 81: Tav Falco Recounts East Village Adventures

August 19, 2022August 18, 2022 Randy Haecker 1 Comment 2022, Alex Chilton, Downtown 81, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Jim Sclavunos, Johnny Thunders, Ken Stringfellow, Memphis, Mike Watt, Panther Burns, Tav Falco, Tav Falco Panther Burns, Will Rigby

The Memphis punkabilly figure is currently on the road through the fall

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Elvis Remembrance Rock

The King Is Dead, Long Live The King

August 16, 2022August 17, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Baz Luhrmann, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Graceland, Memphis, Public Enemy

Elvis Presley’s posthumous life, 45 years later

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LISTEN: Loveland Duren Take a Trip to Pop Paradise on “Where Are We Going”

September 8, 2021September 8, 2021 Jim Allen 1 Comment 2021, Al Green, Ann Peebles, Any Such Thing, Ardent Studios, Edgewood Recordings, Loveland Duren, Memphis, Van Duren, Vicki Loveland

The Rock & Roll Globe is proud to premiere the new single from the duo’s forthcoming third LP Any Such Thing

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ALBUMS: Game On for Two Way Radio

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments Al Green, Ardent Studios, Back To The Light Records, Craig Brewer, Hustle and Flow, Memphis, Succinct Extinction, Two Way Radio

Succinct Extinction is more definitive proof that it’s always a mistake to count Memphis out

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Country and/or Western Gospel Pop Rock

Back to Stax: Promised Land at 45

February 29, 2020February 29, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1975, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Larry Gatlin, Las Vegas, Memphis, Promised Land, RCA, Stax Records, Today, Troy Seals, Waylon Jennings

Looking back at one of the final Elvis Presley studio albums

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Remembrance Rock

The King’s Catalogue

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Birthdays, Blue Hawaii, Elvis Presley, From Elvis in Memphis, King Creole, Memphis, Way Down In The Jungle Room

In celebration of his 85th birthday, we give the Elvis Presley discography a fresh overview for a new American decade

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Country and/or Western Rock Roots

Chuck Mead: All The Way to Memphis

July 16, 2019July 17, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments BR549, Chuck Mead, Memphis, Nashville, Plowboy Records, Sam Phillips, Sun Studios

A Honky-Tonk hero creates another classic with Close To Home

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Experimental Psychedelics

From The Muddy Banks of Nonconnah

July 13, 2019July 16, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Memphis, Nonconnah, Spacemen 3, The Psychic Paramount, Zachary Corsa

Zachary and Denny Corsa explore the dark underbelly of Memphis through noise

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Stax’s Soul Explosion 50 Years Later

June 12, 2019June 13, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1969, Craft Recordings, Memphis, Stax Records

A deep dive into an indispensable compilation that redefined the Memphis label in ’69

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His Best Man Was A King

February 19, 2019February 21, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Elvis Presley, George Klein, Memphis

Remembering legendary Memphis DJ and Elvis Presley’s closest confidant George Klein

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Dark Cabaret Songs from Vienna

November 28, 2018 j. poet 0 Comments Memphis, Panther Burns, Tav Falco

A conversation with Memphis maestro Tav Falco

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Give It Up for Elvis!

September 11, 2018September 12, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Elvis, Elvis Presley, Memphis, Off Broadway, The King of Rock n Roll

As The King gives it up in a new Off Broadway play

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Haunted by Circumstance

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Alt-Country, Americana, Jason Isbell, Johnny Cash, Lucero, Memphis

On their dark new album, Lucero finds the lesson learned is to commit to a cause

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