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SUMMARY:Mempho presents Arlo McKinley
DESCRIPTION:Doors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 \nGifted singer-songwriter Arlo McKinley will release his debut solo record at age 40 on John Prine’s Oh Boy records — after he almost gave up on music altogether. His story is one of hope and sincerity\, and he is living proof that great songs will reach the right ears eventually\, even if it takes time. \nMcKinley’s Oh Boy Records solo debut\, Die Midwestern\, is deeply rooted in street soul\, country\, punk\, and gospel and draws on personal stories\, set against the backdrop of his hometown of Cincinnati\, Ohio. It was crafted down river\, in Memphis’ legendary Sam Phillips Recording Service\, produced by GRAMMY Award-winning Matt Ross-Spang\, with an all-star Memphis band of Ken Coomer\, David Smith\, Will Sexton\, Rick Steff\, Jessie Munson\, and Reba Russell. There\, McKinley recorded ten remarkable songs\, some dating back fifteen years \, all penned with weight\, honesty\, and gritty hope that comes from living in the rustbelt city where his songs were born. \nMatt Ross-Spang stated\, “I am in awe of Arlo’s songs and his dedication and embodiment of each one when he performs them. His willingness to bare it all on this record was more electric than the equipment used to capture it.” \nArlo McKinley is the last artist John Prine and his son Jody Whelan signed together to their label Oh Boy records. \nJody Whelan shared\, “John was reserved in his praise for songwriters. I played him a couple of Arlo’s songs\, and he heard “Bag Of Pills” and said\, “That’s a good song\,” which for him\, was very high praise. He loved Arlo’s voice\, this big guy with a sweet\, soulful\, gospel voice. He loved the dichotomy of the hard life lived\, presented through such beautiful songs\, and John was very excited about the promise of the album’s release.” \nMcKinley stated\, “The feeling of knowing that a hero of mine took time out of his day to come see me perform is such an accomplishment in itself that if it all ended the next day\, and I found out music just wasn’t in the cards for me\, I would’ve still considered everything I have done as a success.” \nOn Die Midwestern\, McKinley’s songs bleed truth and emotion from a heart scarred by wild nights and redeemed by soulful Sunday morning confessions. His lyrics are laid bare\, stark and arresting in their honesty\, and often penned from real-life experience. “Bag Of Pills” is an autobiographical and frank account of the drug issues which affect his hometown. \n“I wrote it after I sold some pills so I could take a girl out. Those were rough times and also right around the time I started seeing real drug addiction very close to me. After watching so many friends die from drug abuse\, it turned into me praying that it doesn’t get any worse while knowing that it will\, resulting in my writing of the lyrics\, ‘Life\, I don’t want it if it’s so easy to die.’” \n“Gone For Good” sees McKinley share his lessons from broken relationships. \n“I wrote ‘Gone For Good’ after a serious\, long relationship of mine ended. It’s about me realizing how short I fell on even trying to make it work.” Title track “Die Midwestern” reflects on McKinley’s love/hate relationship with Ohio\, “I love it because it’s everything that I am\, but I hate it because I’ve seen it take my loved ones lives. I’ve seen it make hopeful people hopeless.” McKinley reflects on his brutal honesty in his songs\, “Songwriting has to be real. I’m 100% putting myself out there. I’m not writing fiction. To me\, it is just about honesty. ” \nBy age 8\, McKinley was singing at his family’s church\, Bethlehem United Baptist\, where he first saw the light of music. Early musical loves outside church were his Kentucky native father’s bluegrass and timeless country records of Hank Williams\, Sr.\, as well as\, Bob Dylan\, John Prine\, Otis Redding\, and George Jones. Then his two older brothers’ punk and metal collection drove him to throw himself raw onto the Cincinnati punk scene. \n“I grew up in the punk scene with my brothers\, and dad has all of that stuff that came out of King Records like Hank Williams\, and I was just surrounded by it\,” McKinley says. “I still take parts of it\, and I feel I write songs in a punk rock way.” \nWith concert covers ranging from Johnny Paycheck and The Misfits to Rihanna and Post Malone\, McKinley shows a diverse range of musical interest\, which he attributes to the musical melting pot of the Cincinnati scene. \n“You go back to the history of Cincinnati music\, and you can see and feel that the river back then connected everything\, and it all flowed into one spot and brought all kinds of music here\,” says McKinley\, adding\, “That’s why I think this town has never been known for one kind of music because so many things came through here.” \nHe pursued a solo career in 2014 with his own band The Lonesome Sound and achieved some success\, including a nomination for Album of the Year\, Songwriter of the Year\, and Best Americana Act from the Cincinnati Music Awards\, but his career stalled and he almost gave up altogether. \n“I don’t know why the world works the way it does\, but I’m beyond grateful to be in this situation.” McKinley stated\, adding\, “ I’m a little wiser in my ways and a 20-something me would’ve found a way to destroy the one dream that has stuck with me my entire life — being a working musician.” \nHe also almost missed his big break\, which came when he was offered an opening slot for Tyler Childers and his now-manager was trying to reach him on the phone to offer him an opening slot. Arlo initially dodged the persistent unknown caller. Eventually\, they connected after a friend hit him up on social media and he took the call. \n“My buddy was like\, ‘Arlo\, Tyler’s team is trying to get hold of you.’ I don’t know where I would be if I didn’t take that call. Still delivering tuxedos\, which was my side job before I was a full-time musician.” \nSince\, McKinley has been making a name for himself around the country\, humbly sharing stages with kindred musical spirits John Moreland\, Jason Isbell\, Justin Townes Earle\, and contemporary rising singer/songwriters Ian Noe and Colter Wall\, eventually attracting the attention of Oh Boy\, who signed him in March 2020. \nMcKinley reflects on the significance of the timing of his release\, stating\, “I only met John briefly\, and I would’ve loved to have sat with John and talked music\, which I’m sure would’ve happened\, but I treasure the moment we had together when he came to see me play a show. His passing was a major knockdown blow for the entire team. I’m sure John had a vision for Oh Boy Records\, and I’m proud and honored to be able to contribute to the labels continued legacy.” \nMcKinley’s Die Midwestern remains an album of hope\, and he knows first-hand how his music can connect with his growing audience. \n“I had a guy who was dealing with brain cancer walk up to me and say that he was done with it\, but something in my songs resonated with him and made him get out and start living even though he knows what is ahead of him. Nothing is more important than that. That’s why I write songs like I do. I’m just another lost\, hurting person in this place. I just like to sing about it.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/arlo-mckinley-in-the-green-room-at-crosstown-arts/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reigning Sound
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Memphis garage rockers Reigning Sound at Crosstown Theater. \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 8 pm \nTickets: $20 advance\n \nTickets are $25 on day of show \nFounded by Memphis blues-punk legend Greg Cartwright — a former member of the Oblivians\, the Compulsive Gamblers\, and ’68 Comeback — Reigning Sound fuse the hot-wired energy of garage rock with the deep emotional resonance of classic soul music in a manner that suggests a cross between the early Rolling Stones and the Sonics. While the band could rock convincingly\, Cartwright’s songwriting showed a maturity and emotional strength that set him apart from the majority of garage rock acts\, and the group’s R&B accents reflected the intelligent passion of the songs. Reigning Sound proved they could wail hard on 2002’s Time Bomb High School\, but their work with Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las on her 2007 solo effort Dangerous Game\, 2014’s mature\, impassioned Shattered\, and 2021’s A Little More Time with Reigning Sound found them turning up their soul influences as they employed a more dynamic approach. \nFeaturing Cartwright on vocals and guitar\, Jeremy Scott on bass\, Greg Roberson on drums\, and Alex Greene on keyboards and guitar\, Reigning Sound made their recorded debut with a three-song 7″ in May of 2001; their first full-length album\, Break Up Break Down\, was released a month later on Sympathy for the Record Industry. In August of 2002\, the group upped the rock quotient on its second album (and first for In the Red)\, Time Bomb High School\, and the group landed a high-profile gig opening for Swedish garage wunderkinds the Hives on their North American tour. Alex Greene dropped out as a full-time group member by the time 2004’s Too Much Guitar was released\, though he did appear on the disc as a guest musician\, and the band followed its release with more touring\, both as a headliner and once again as opener for the Hives. The band also gained another well-known champion in Little Steven Van Zandt\, who gave the band frequent airplay on his syndicated radio show. In September 2005 Reigning Sound released Home for Orphans through Sympathy for the Record Industry. It featured reworked versions of Too Much Guitar material along with some unreleased tracks. They also recorded and released two live albums in 2005\, Live at Maxwell’s and Live at Goner Records. After a long break from recording under their own name (though Cartwright and the new lineup of bassist David Wayne Gay\, drummer Lance Wille\, and keyboardist Dave Amels backed ex-Shangri-La Mary Weiss on her 2007 album Dangerous Game)\, the band resurfaced in 2009 with a new studio record for In the Red\, Love and Curses. \nIn 2011\, after Cartwright had detoured into touring and recording with a reunited Oblivians\, he assembled a new lineup of Reigning Sound\, with Dave Amels returning on keyboards alongside new members Mike Catanese on guitar\, Benjamin Trokan on bass\, and Mikey Post on drums. Their first project was something out of the ordinary; the auto manufacturer Scion was launching a music-themed promotion campaign and Reigning Sound partnered with them to create an album that would be released by Scion’s ad hoc label\, Scion Audio/Visual. The album\, Abdication … For Your Love\, featured five cuts produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys and gave the group a more polished presentation without cutting back on their energy. Reigning Sound emphasized a more mature and soulful approach for their next album. They rolled into Brooklyn’s Daptone Studio to record Shattered\, which became the band’s first release for Merge Records in July 2014. In April 2019\, Merge gave Abdication … For Your Love a mass-market reissue\, with the addition of a bonus track\, “What Did I Tell You.” Greg Cartwright reunited the original Reigning Sound lineup of Alex Greene\, Jeremy Scott\, and Greg Roberson for a short tour in 2020\, and shortly afterwards the band went into Electraphonic Recording in Memphis (augmented by second drummer Graham Winchester) to record a fresh batch of songs. The finished product\, A Little More Time with Reigning Sound\, was released by Merge in May 2021. — Mark Denning
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/reigning-sound-at-crosstown-theater/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arthouse presents Hell-Bound Train with Live Score by Elizabeth King
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts is excited to kick off its post-pandemic return to the Crosstown Arthouse Film Series with a screening of the 1930 silent film Hell-Bound Train with musical accompaniment by Bible & Tire recording artist Elizabeth King. She’ll be joined by Will Sexton (guitar)\, Matt Ross-Spang (guitar)\, and Will McCarley (percussion). Eloyce Gist and James Gist/1930/50 minutes \nTickets: $5 at the door\nCrosstown Theater\nFilms begin at 7:30 pm (sharp!) \nHell-Bound Train was shot by a pair of self-taught Christian evangelists\, James and Eloyce Gist\, on 16 mm film. The Gists toured Black churches to show the film\,  paired with a sermon. Elizabeth King is a Memphis-based gospel singer who\, after leaving music for some time to raise a family\, has returned at 77 years young to release the extremely well-reviewed\, gospel masterpiece Living in the Last Days. Crosstown Arts is thrilled to pair this early example of Black filmmaking with the incomparable voice of Elizabeth King. \nThe Crosstown Arthouse Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent\, international\, historically significant\, artistic\, experimental\, cult\, underground and documentary features. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arthouse-presents-hell-bound-train-with-elizabeth-king/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Rachel Maxann
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Rachel Maxann in The Green Room.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets: $10\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nRachel Maxann is a diverse vocalist who has taken on many genres. In the last decade she has moved from Cincinnati to New Orleans to Los Angeles and around the world performing on critically acclaimed cruise ships. Each space has allowed her to grow in a new way while experimenting with different styles every location. \nFrom an early age\, Rachel began dedicating herself to music and entertainment. She started with piano and voice lessons and then later took various music classes in college. Now she mostly focuses her stage presence on singing\, engaging the crowd with her original lyrics\, and performing cover songs. \nRachel is always trying out new forms of entertainment and learning new skills to enhance her performance. Her voice has been compared to that of Tina Turner and Janis Joplin\, but her style is completely original\, and she delivers a unique performance every time. You can follow Rachel at www.rachelmaxamn.com or on social media under Rachel Maxann Music.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/rachel-maxann-in-the-green-room-at-crosstown-arts/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Those Pretty Wrongs
DESCRIPTION:Those Pretty Wrongs\, featuring Jody Stephens and Luther Russell\, will perform in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts. \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nTickets: $15 \nAfter their self-titled 2016 debut\, Jody Stephens did not assume that he and Luther Russell had a second Those Pretty Wrongs album in them. But that turned out to not be the case. The Memphis-Los Angeles duo released Zed For Zulu in the fall of 2019. After a few shows (including one at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts)\, they toured the U.K. with The Delines. The duo were gearing up for a West Coast U.S. tour with The Jayhawks and an Australia tour when Covid scampered those plans. Now they’re excited to finally resume with another show at The Green Room and the Jayhawks shows at the end of October. Jody and Luther are also working on their third album as well as readying a reissue of their first two LPs. Those Pretty Wrongs will be accompanied by a string section led by Jonathan Kirkscey.
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