E.J. Friedman—the author of loudersoft—is a music blogger, artist manager, social media whiz, songwriter, and all-around Renaissance Man. A native Memphian, he’s also lived in NYC, Seattle, Los Angeles, and more. But here’s the point: every music community needs an E.J.; a scene needs a connector. Someone who makes, shares, promotes, engages, debates, and fervently, […]
DJ Witnesse, real name Jason Sims, is a gifted guy. As a DJ and student of music, his talent for effortlessly blending musical styles is awe-inspiring. He’s shared the stage with Pretty Lights, Rusko, Girl Talk, Big Gigantic and many others. He’s played festivals like Spring Rites, Beale Street Music Festival and Bonnaroo. He is not […]
There are a handful of bands that made me want to pick up an instrument; Big Star’s one of them. There are a handful of songs that made me want to write songs; “Thirteen” is one of them. I’ve written before about their music, what it’s meant to me, and what it’s meant to generations […]
If his music is any indication, Cities Aviv might be hard to talk to. The Memphis-based rapper isn’t just lyrical, self-aware, and hyper-smart on the mic – he’s combative. In his most-recent releases – the full album Digital Lows and the “Coastin” single – he evaluates his own talent (“I’m not the best/but I’m coming […]
If you don’t know Jeff Powell’s name, you know his work. As an engineer and producer at Ardent Studios, he’s worked with Bob Dylan, the Allman Brothers, Afghan Wigs, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Big Star, Tonic, and BB King. He’s worked alongside studio legends Tom Dowd, Jim Dickinson, Rob Fraboni, and John Hampton. Since he began […]
I’ll be honest: I don’t know how to introduce Cory Branan. Sure, there are the press release bullet-points: –Critically-acclaimed singer/songwriter from Memphis –Released The Hell You Say in 2002 and 12 Songs in 2006 –Performed on Letterman and Carson Daly –Toured with everyone from Jamey Johnson to Lucero to Dashboard Confessional –On tour now, and […]
Full disclosure: this month’s Another Cup features one of my closest friends, Will Odom. He’s also one of the best sound guys in Memphis. Straight out of school, he started working at Ardent Studios. He’s run sound at nearly every venue in town. He’s worked events everywhere from Hawaii to New York, Orlando to San Francisco. […]
Another Cup Of Coffee is a monthly feature in which I talk to a different person from the Memphis music community. The idea is to, over time, see how all the pieces fit to make something really special. In 2011, I talked to artists past and present, producers, music business experts, sound guys, festival entrepreneurs, […]
Here’s one thing about Brandon Herrington you need to know: he founded Fareveller, a weekend-long music festival in Memphis that will celebrate its second year this March. Here’s (maybe) a more important thing about Brandon Herrington: he founded Fareveller because he loves music, and because no one else had yet. To anyone else, creating a […]
Chris Milam doesn’t like Kickstarter – too passive he says. So instead, he has decided to stage his very own fundraiser to raise money to record a new album. He’ll be playing from 4 until 10PM TODAY in front of the I Love Memphis Mural in Cooper-Young. If you are a fan of TVD, you […]
Our good friend Cory Branan stopped by Ardent Studios to chat and play a few songs before his show tonight at The Hi-tone. He played songs from his long awaited follow-up to 12 Songs, which he swears will be out sometime this year. Yeah, we’ll see. Memphis faves Jeremy Stanfill and our very own Chris […]
When I moved back to Memphis last September, the first person I met in the Memphis music community was Cameron Mann. This wasn’t an accident – Cameron has probably met 90% of the city. Just sitting with him for an hour, he greeted everyone coming into Bluff City Coffee as friends. It was as if […]
Check out this video from one of our favorite Memphis musicians Jeremy Stanfill – you can catch him playing live around midtown Memphis usually three to four nights a week. And check out our interview with him from a few weeks back… Another Cup of Coffee with Jeremy Stanfill
