The Green Room

Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a performance by former Memphian and singer/songwriter Nick Pagliari with local duo Me & Leah.

Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a performance by Hint of Lime Brass Trio. This young and energetic chamber ensemble, featuring Sarah Ford (Colorado Springs Philharmonic), Nicole Gillotti (Texas A&M International University), and Morgan Fite (New York City Freelancer), will present a varied program of works by Poulenc, Bernofsky, Corelli, Gluck, and Mañas. In celebration of National Women’s History Month, the group will prominently feature works written by female composers.

Crosstown Arts presents Alice Hansen & the Blaze with an opening performance by Blueshift Ensemble in The Green Room. Born in Vermont and based in Memphis, Alice Hasen is a professional violinist, recording artist, and songwriter. She leads Alice Hasen & the Blaze and is part of the Blackwater Trio, an acoustic rock band. Alice is known for her unique playing style, which combines the virtuosity of her classical upbringing with the freedom and creativity of improvisation.

Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a performance of psychedelic, avant-garde jazz by Frog Squad.

Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a performance by Marc Ribot. Rolling Stone points out that “guitarist Marc Ribot helped Tom Waits refine a new, weird Americana on 1985's Rain Dogs, and since then he's become the go-to guitar guy for all kinds of roots-music adventurers: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp.” Additional recording credits include Neko Case, Diana Krall, Elton John/Leon Russell’s The Union, Solomon Burke, John Lurie’s Lounge Lizards, Marianne Faithful, Joe Henry, Allen Toussaint, Medeski Martin & Wood, Caetono Veloso, Susana Baca, Allen Ginsburg, Madeleine Peyroux, Nora Jones, Jolie Holland, Akiko Yano, The Black Keys, and many others

Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a performance by guitarist Julian Lage and drummer Dave King. Hailed as one of the most prodigious guitarists of his generation, Julian Lage has spent more than a decade searching through the myriad strains of American musical history via impeccable technique, free association, and a spirit of infinite possibility.

Love Hurts , which marks his first album to feature drummer Dave King (The Bad Plus), sees the GRAMMY-nominated guitarist exploring the American song catalog from a truly unique vantage point, performing music written by a range of audacious and original artists, from Roy Orbison to Ornette Coleman, Jimmy Giuffre to Peter Ivers.

Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a performance by pop/R&B singer-songwriter Marco Alexander.

Marco Alexander is an American pop/R&B singer-songwriter and all-around artist. Born in Memphis, TN, Marco began his study of music at a young age. Marco grew up watching his mother lead the church choir (while sitting next to the organ player so he wouldn’t get into trouble).

Growing up in a musical family granted Marco the opportunity to travel and study sounds that were unfamiliar to him, whether it was the sound of beating on pots and pans or listening to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. A versatile musician, Marco has performed with the National Festival Symphony at Carnegie Hall and in musical theater productions, such as Thoroughly Modern Millie, Aida, and Dreamgirls.

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Vocalist Lisa Nobumoto and Her Sizzling Six perform the music and arrangements of tenor saxophonist Teddy Edwards in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts.

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Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a performance by The Adam Larson Band, featuring tenor saxophonist Adam Larson with Michael Shults (alto sax), Joe Restivo (guitar), Carl Caspersen (bass), and James Sexton (drums).

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Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a performance of trumpeter Jamie Branch's debut album, "Fly or Die." A mainstay of the Chicago jazz scene and an active recent addition to the New York scene, Jaimie Branch is an avant-garde trumpeter known for her “ghostly sounds," says The New York Times, and for "sucker punching" crowds straight from the jump off, says Time Out.