Apr 1, 2021 | Elizabeth King - Results
At 77, Memphis gospel artist Elizabeth King is finally feeling like a star “Elizabeth King’s music contains multitudes. Every bit of her 77 years — all the joy and pain she’s known, the love for the family she raised, the car accident that nearly claimed her...
Mar 30, 2021 | Elizabeth King - Results, Wide Open Country
Elizabeth King’s ‘No Ways Tired’ Reflects Her Christian Faith and Personal Resolve “Today, Wide Open Country premieres “No Ways Tired,” a stirring statement of Christian faith and personal resolve.” | Read More at Wide Open...
Mar 30, 2021 | MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
After year of unprecedented artist struggle, Music Maker Relief Foundation moves to fill the gaps, stave off pawn shops and predatory loans “One of the main barriers right now for the population over sixty-five is technology. You know, you have to have access to a...
Mar 29, 2021 | Elizabeth King - Results, NPR
Elizabeth King’s Gospel Sound Transports Believers And Non-Believers Alike “King made some recordings in the 1970s, but then quit the music business to raise her children.” | Read More at...
Mar 25, 2021 | Howard Grimes - Releases, Press Releases
Drummer known as “Bulldog” lent groove to Al Green, Ann Peebles, Ike and Tina Turner, William Bell, O.V. Wright, and many more, moving from hits to homelessness “A laid-back groove machine.” – Drum! Magazine “Goddamn, Howard Grimes the playin’est...
Mar 24, 2021 | Howard Grimes - Results
Howard Grimes: Soul Man’s Return “For more than 40 years drummer Howard Grimes has had several fingers in the Memphis blues, soul, and R&B scene.” | Read More at...
Mar 24, 2021 | Howard Grimes - Results
“It started with my mother putting that beat in my head” “Howard Grimes arguably embodies the Memphis soul tradition more than anyone else alive.” | Read More...
Mar 18, 2021 | Elizabeth King - Results
Memphis Gospel Singer Elizabeth King Is Releasing Her First Full-Length Album at 77 Years Old “Elizabeth King says she first believed in God when she was nine years old.” | Read More at Southern...
Mar 17, 2021 | Elizabeth King - Results
At 79, sacred soul singer Elizabeth King returns with a new album Read More at Daily...
Mar 17, 2021 | Elizabeth King - Results
Elizabeth King’s Living in the Last Days is a gift for us all. “It’s a funky, blues, soul-filled pot of rich gospel fare.” | Read More at Down at the...
Mar 11, 2021 | Press Releases, The City Champs - Releases
The City Champs set to release first album in 10 years The City Champs—the Memphis organ trio featuring players who have accompanied the likes of St. Paul & The Broken Bones, JJ Grey, Don Bryant, The Hold Stready, and Chris Robinson as well as the Dolemite Is My...
Mar 10, 2021 | The City Champs - Results
The City Champs Release Righteously Funky New Song “A-MELD-A-MARCOS “The band’s soulful rock & roll influenced tones take influences from Booker T with the quirkiness of Snarky Puppy.” | Read More at...
Mar 4, 2021 | Gearbox Records - Releases, Press Releases
Third batch of Japanese editions lands in the US in March Affordable audiophile, vinyl-first label Gearbox Records’ limited edition vinyl series has continued with the Japanese edition of a landmark 1965 session from Don Cherry. Entitled Cherry Jam, it places his...
Mar 1, 2021 | Jazziz, The City Champs - Results
The City Champs, “Lockdown City” song premiere “‘Lockdown City’ from the album, completed during a band getaway in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, finds them expanding on their trademark soul-jazz sound and funky grooves by drawing on influences from ’60s...
Mar 1, 2021 | Folk Alliance - Releases, Press Releases
This year’s People’s Voice Award recipient is singer-songwriter Jackson Browne Kansas City, MO – As part of its Folk Unlocked virtual festival and conference, Folk Alliance International (FAI) hosted International Folk Music Awards (IFMAs); the premier...