The Green Room

The Dixie Dicks are GAYER THAN CHRISTMAS,
feat. Santa's Naughtiest Elf and a visit from the 3 Wise Women: Bela d'Ball, Goldie Dee, and Hunny Blunt

Join us at The Green Room for a special concert of Chris Stamey’s New Songs for the 20th Century (Omnivore Recordings), new original compositions inspired by the canon of the Great American Songbook. With a full acoustic band and guest singers Skylar Gudasz, Brett Harris, Django Haskins, and more. As well as classic songs from Chris’s days with lauded pop-rock icons the dB’s.

Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a special performance by D'Monet. On February 28, 2019, D’Monet released her new single “Dry” which is now available on all major digital outlets and streams. Her next single “Trauma” soon followed on May 31, 2019, which talks about a physical assault that left her traumatized for a long time. On September 6, 2019, D’Monet released her Chrysalis EP, which signifies the evolution of her life and her music.

Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a special performance by The Love Light Orchestra.

The Love Light Orchestra celebrates the Memphis big band blues-style found on the 1950s and ’60s singles of Bobby “Blue” Bland, B.B. King and Herman ”Junior” Parker. The band of seasoned Memphis musicians derives their name from Bland’s 1961 hit “Turn On Your Love Light.” Their sound is completed with the soulful voice of bluesman John Nemeth.

Crosstown Arts presents the Brophy Sisters, featuring violinist Linnaea Brophy and pianist Maeve Brophy in the Green Room at Crosstown Arts.

The program will feature works for violin and piano by Eugene Ysaÿe, Amy Beach, Lili Boulanger, Clara Schumann, and William Grant Still.

Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a performance by The Reba Russell Band. Reba Russell's name is synonymous with the Memphis music scene. She is a published songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, backing vocalist, bandleader, and producer, as well as a touring and recording artist. Reba Russell and her band tour throughout the United States and Europe and have released eight independent albums..

Join us for a performance by KO & The Crew in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts. KO & The Crew presents an eclectic blend of jazz, hip-hop, poetry, neo-soul, and rhythm & blues. The band, led by musician and poet Kori Wallace, is an ensemble of instrumentalists and vocalists whose goal is to redefine the way stories are told.

Please join us for a special album release party with Crosstown Art’s own Paul Taylor. He's releasing his first full-length album — "The Music Stands" — under the nom de plume, New Memphis Colorways. And he’s assembled a very interesting cast of musical characters for the evening — Susan Marshall & Reba Russell on background vocals, Pat Harrington on electric guitar, David Collins on keyboards and auxiliary sounds/textures, Rob Douglas on bass, and Kyle Neblitt on the drums.

Music and poetry by Kelvin Walters, Jeremy Wright, and Keith McGee. Featuring Kelvin Walters, saxophone; Jeremy Wright, guitar; Nygel Yancey, drums; Kem Gray, bass; Keith McGee, poet; Kennan Shotwell, piano

Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a performance by Jubu Smith.

Jubu is the architect of modern R&B guitar. Beginning with his pioneering work in the 1990s with Tony! Toni! Tone!, Jubu's limitless vocabulary of jazz distilled through the feel of blues, soul, and gospel music has set the standard for guitarists around the world. Jubu has also shared the stage and studio with Whitney Houston, Raphael Saddiq, Brandy, Maze, Toni Braxton Luther Vandross, and Mary J Blige.