The Green Room

Mike digs deep into the musical bag of American roots guitar, favoring the melodic Piedmont style of acoustic blues masters like Mississippi John Hurt and slide great Tampa Red. But Mike can’t be pigeonholed as a blues player, or even as a fingerstylist. He’s far too versatile for that. From bottleneck blues to vintage jazz and much more in between, Mike’s musicality, depth, and mastery of the instrument translates fluently to flattop, archtop, and resonator guitars alike.

Memphis singer/songwriters Vicki Loveland and Van Duren return to the Green Room celebrating more than 10 years of collaboration through hundreds of live shows here and abroad. As recording artists, Vicki and Van have released 3 albums of original songs on their Edgewood Recordings imprint with the most recent, Any Such Thing, making The Memphis Flyer’s “10 Top Albums of 2021 list.” From rock & soul to power pop to orchestral to rhythm & blues to eclectic improvisation, Loveland Duren & Band conjure quite a soundscape to experience live—and the Green Room is the ultimate venue where you can surrender to it all.

Flutist and experimental musician Elise Blatchford will share works for flutes, electronics, and multimedia in the Green Room at Crosstown Arts on Tuesday, October 25th at 7:30 p.m. Composers will include Eve Beglarian, Du Yun, Raminta Serksnyte, and others, with music exploring the Me Too Movement, loss, and imagery.

World-renowned and widely acclaimed jazz virtuoso Curtis Lundy (bass) performs with the genre-bending and border-crossing Umoja.

Crosstown Arts presents Brian Blake in the Green Room.

Crosstown Arts Fall 2022 resident artists R Jason Rawlings, Nelson Gutierrez, and Angelo Madsen Minax will present artist talks.

Molly Nilsson’s biggest, boldest, and most vital album to date, Extreme is about power. Against the love of power and for the power of love.

Crosstown Arts presents The Chills with Ibex Clone in collaboration with Goner Records.

The Chills are a band from Dunedin, New Zealand fronted by the rare talent of Martin Phillipps. Originally formed in 1980, The Chills had a revolving cast of band members with Phillipps remaining the only constant. His knack for writing fantastic pop songs led to chart hits back home and a cult following around the world. With early releases via the legendary NZ label Flying Nun, The Chillsproduced a number of critically acclaimed recordings such as the single “Pink Frost” (their first hit) from the compilation album ‘Kaleidoscope World’ and “Wet Blanket” from the LP ‘Brave Words’. Joining influential labels Creation and Homestead, they then moved to Warner Brothers imprint Slash and onto the world of majors.