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Jorma’s #40 Quarantine Concert this Saturday, one-year anniversary coming up!

Remembering folk giant Gene Shay (March 4, 1935 – April 17, 2020)

“I have found the Memphis community to be very welcoming, and very warm. I look forward to post-COVID when I can really get out and start to meet our partners and those people who make up the blues community here.” – Patricia Wilson Aden

Livestream will raise money for fueling musicians program to help artists in need

“My goal, with my music is to introduce people who may not know about blues music and segue them into that world.” – Ally Venable

Leavell has played and toured with the Rolling Stones since 1982, and his status as rock royalty may be equaled only by his stature within the world of environmental forestry, where he previously has been named the National Tree Farmer of the Year in the United States.

“Song summons the dance. The dance summons you.”

“The whole approach to the production is based on the psychology that has come about due to the damndemic and the result of Mother Nature sending us to our rooms.” – Corky Siegel

The African American Folklorist is a quarterly newspaper that contains articles about traditions, traditional beliefs, the cultural context, geographical locations, music, and vernaculars of African Americans and the role each element plays in the lives of the people past and present.

‘Down In Texas ’71’ captures a special snapshot in time during the pivotal year of 1971 for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group.