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SUMMARY:Ed Cherry with The Ted Ludwig Trio
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room\nTuesday\, November 15\, 2022\nDoors at 7 p.m. | Show at 7:30 p.m.\n$20 door | $15 in advance | $10 student tickets \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n“An expressive instrumentalist\, Cherry has a hip\, melodic approach that is a refreshing contrast to guitarists who frequently resort to playing ‘finger music’\, the execution of rapid streams of notes that serve no musical purpose other than to fill space” – Jim Ferguson: Jazztimes – 06/02 \nBorn in New Haven\, Connecticut\, Ed moved to New York in 1978 to play guitar with Dizzy Gillespie from 1978 to 1992 performing in Gillespie’s quartet\, big band and with The United Nation Orchestra which recorded the Grammy Award-winning Live at Royal Festival Hall (Enja). Gillespie died in 1993\, and Cherry released his first recording as a leader\, ‘First Take’ (Groovin’ High). That same year\, Ed recorded with Paquito D’Riveras’ small group which recorded “Havana Cafe” (Chesky Records). Ed also worked with composer/saxophonist Henry Threadgill for two years and recorded three cds with Henry’s ‘Very Very Circus’ group. \nIn 1995\, Cherry released his second project as a solo artist\, entitled A Second Look (Groovin’ High Records). During that same period Ed worked with Hammond organist John Patton recording three critically acclaimed CDs with Patton’s quartet — ‘Blue Planet Man’\, ‘Minor Swing’ and ‘This ones for Jah’ (DIW). From 1997 to 1998\, Cherry worked in Roy Hargrove’s “Crisol” Latin jazz band\, which performed in Havana\, Cuba. During this same period\, he also worked with baritone saxophonist\, Hamiett Bluiett\, recording Bluiett’s CD ‘With Eyes Wide Open’ on Justin-Time records. In 2001\, Cherry toured Europe for the first time with his own group. He also released his CD\, ‘The Spirit Speaks’ on the Canadian Justin Time Records label\, inspired by the great jazz organist Jimmy Smith with whom he had also recently worked. Ed was asked to perform at the ‘Vodaphone Madarao Jazz festival’ in 2002 in Madarao\, Japan\, with his quartet featuring trumpeter Jon Faddis. \nMore recently\, Ed toured with the great Hammond organist Dr. Lonnie Smith\, recording one critically acclaimed CD\, ‘In The Beginning’ on Pilgrimage Records in 2012. \nCurrently Ed has a brand new second recording released on Posi-Tone Records. (‘It’s All Good’ his first release in 2012 for Posi-Tone stayed in the JazzWeek charts for three months) His second recording for the label is titled “Soul Tree” ( release date February 19\, 2016 ) featuring Kyle Koehler on Hammond B3 organ and drummer Anwar Marshall. \nEd continues to work nationally and internationally ; concerts\, workshops\, jazz clubs.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/ed-cherry-with-the-ted-ludwig-trio/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:BlueTom Live: The Clover Sessions hosted by Alexis Jade
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSunday\, November 13\, 2022\nDoors at 7 p.m. | Show at 7:30 p.m.\nTickets: $10 (Free for U of M students and faculty with university ID) \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\n\n\n\nPresented by Blue Tom Entertainment in collaboration with Crosstown Arts. \nIn this new series\, Alexis Jade will host Memphis songwriters to discuss their creative choices and share the stories behind their music. This exclusive listening room will get a sneak peek of Alexis Jade’s debut EP “With Love\, Alexis Jade” which will be released on November 18 on all streaming platforms. \nThis series will serve to uplift the local songwriting community and support young songwriters in an educational environment. Special guests Kelsey Taylor and Rachel Maxann will join Alexis in the first songwriter round at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts\, November 13 at 8 p.m. The three talented artists will share their craft and take part in a Q&A with the attendees. Join us on this special night to uplift the songwriting community and get a sneak peek of “With Love\, Alexis Jade.” \nAbout Alexis Jade: \nAlexis Jade\, simply put\, is an old soul with a new sound. Her relationship with music was cultivated with her grandmother as they sang together on the front porch. During Alexis’s freshman year of college\, she began to seriously pursue a career in music. In the fall of 2021\, Alexis signed to Blue Tom Entertainment at the University of Memphis to release her first solo single\, “Return to Sender.” \nFollowing its success\, Alexis recorded and self-produced her debut EP at Easley & McCain\, a local Memphis studio. Alexis remembers the unwavering\, fearless trailblazers who carved a path for women in country music while bringing a new sound to the time old tales of heartbreak and loss. \nAlexis Jade’s debut EP\, “With Love\, Alexis Jade” will be out on all platforms Friday\, November 18. \nAbout Rachel Maxann: \nRachel Maxann is a diverse vocalist hailing from Memphis\, Tennessee. Rachel has had the pleasure of being able to move to different areas in the world and perform. Each new space has allowed her to grow in a new way while experimenting with different styles in every location. Rachel’s genre is self-described as Post-Modern Folk and Vintage Indie-Rock with a dash of blues and soul. \nRachel’s musical accomplishments range from performing alongside Valerie June on her Moon and Stars Tour\, to performing at festivals around the country. You can follow Rachel Maxann at www.rachelmaxann.com\, and on social media under Rachel Maxann Music. \nAbout Kelsey Taylor: \nMemphis-based singer/songwriter\, Kelsey Taylor\, has been refining her original musical style for the last three years. Growing up as a classical pianist\, she developed an appreciation for the intricacy and beauty of music at an early age; she began writing in 2019\, and has since released an EP (Silencer\, 2020)\, three more singles\, and her debut full-length album (The Frost\, 2021). Her music is steeped in poetry and storytelling\, and she strives to create music that listeners can hear themselves in. \nPulling influence from folk\, rock\, indie\, and classical genres\, Kelsey’s music stands firmly in a captivating blend of styles. Her songs are deeply\, thoughtfully crafted\, and her voice is rooted in artful intentionality. \nKelsey’s debut full-length album\, “The Frost”\, is out everywhere now.
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SUMMARY:Folk All Y'all presents Carsie Blanton
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $20+ \nPurchase tickets here \nCarsie Blanton writes anthems for a world worth saving. Inspired by artists including Nina Simone and Randy Newman\, her songs encompass a wide range of genres\, from sultry pop to punk-tinged Americana. Whether alone with her electric guitar or fronting her four-piece “handsome band\,” Carsie delivers every song with an equal dose of moxie and mischief\, bringing her audience together in joyful celebration of everything worth fighting for. We have been trying to get her to Memphis for YEARS\, and trust us\, this is a show worth waiting for. \nAbout Folk All Y’all: Intimate\, attentive performances by exceptional singer-songwriters\, proudly presented in Memphis\, Folk All Y’all is a public listening room series dedicated to providing artists and audiences with unforgettable music experiences.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/folk-all-yall-presents-carsie-blanton/
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SUMMARY:Frog Squad Plays Horace Silver
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Frog Squad in the Green Room at Crosstown Arts. \nThe Green Room\nFriday\, November 11\, 2022\nDoors at 7PM | Show at 7:30PM\nTickets $15 | $12 in advance \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nFrog Squad is an outlet for creative expression and sound exploration based in Memphis\, Tennessee. Their songs pull heavily on improvisation within loose structures\, creating a psychedelic\, avant-garde jazz sound. \nThe group curates and arranges songs from artists such as Thelonious Monk\, Erik Satie\, and Horace Silver\, and bandleader David Collins composes eclectic\, original music. Overall\, Frog Squad gently defies the standards of what defines “good music” by composing song templates with experimental elements. In autumn of 2019\, Frog Squad released Solar System in Peabody\, a full-length work funded by the UrbanArts Commission. The Memphis Flyer called it “one of the most incredible pieces of music that came across our threshold this year.”
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SUMMARY:The Chills’ Soft Bomb 30th Anniversary Tour with Unwed Sailor and Ibex Clone
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents The Chills with Unwed Sailor and Ibex Clone in collaboration with Goner Records. \n\nDoors at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $20 \nPurchase tickets here \nOriginally released in 1992\, The Chills’ third album Soft Bomb is often stated as their finest hour. \nIn 2022\, as their monumental record approaches its 30th Anniversary\, The Chills will be heading to the US for a North American tour that sees them performing a three decade career spanning set. This milestone tour will see The Chills perform music from 1992-2022\, it will also include music from their most recent album Scatterbrain which they’ll be touring in the US for the first time since its release. \nA conceptual classic that embraces styles and genres\, Soft Bomb is an eclectic slow cooked musical stew\, rich and rewarding from the much-loved storytelling songwriter Martin Phillipps. It features contributions from giants of contemporary American music including Van Dyke Parks and ex dB’s Peter Holsapple as collaborators. \nMartin Phillipps (Guitar/Vox) \nJames Dickson (Bass/Backing Vocals) \nTodd Knudson(Drums/Backing Vocals) \nErica Scally (Guitar/Keyboards/Violin/Backing Vocals) \nOli Wilson(Keyboards/Backing Vocals) \nUnwed Sailor \nThe journey of Unwed Sailor began in Seattle\, WA in 1998\, shortly after Johnathon Ford departed critically praised bands Roadside Monument and Pedro the Lion. While working within those projects\, Ford began writing instrumental music after listening to Tortoise\, Pullman\, and seeing bands like Physics perform live. After recruiting Dave Bazan (Pedro the Lion)\, Casey Wescott (Fleet Foxes)\, and Melissa Palladino (Danielson Famile) to play on the now classic Firecracker EP\, Unwed Sailor was born. Two decades and seventeen releases later\, Ford has continued to rely on the band as a device for personal exploration and emotive narration. Unwed Sailor now joins forces with Spartan Records for the release of their latest moody and cinematic journey\, Truth or Consequences\, a sonic examination of particular memories or moments in Johnathon Ford’s life\, with each song serving as a unique snapshot of an overarching narrative. Truth or Consequences is shaped around familiar musical DNA. Heavily present\, driving\, and stacked bass lines; wandering and evolving song structures; soaring crescendos and moody diminuendos; and\, of course\, a gripping sense of sonic storytelling.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-chills-with-ibex-clone/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Molly Nilsson with Elf Rage and DJ Cole Wheeler
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Molly Nilsson with Elf Rage and DJ Cole Wheeler at the Green Room at Crosstown Arts. \nThe Green Room\n\nSaturday\, November 5\, 2022\nDoors open at 7:00PM | Show begins at 7:30PM\nTickets: $20 | $15 in advance\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n\n\n  \nRecorded in 2019 and throughout the 2020 global pandemic at home in Berlin\, Extreme is a departure for Molly Nilsson\, an explosion of angry love. It’s an album of anthems for the jilted generation\, soaked with joy and offering solace\, bristling with distorted metal guitars and planet-sized choruses that bring light to the dark center of the galaxy. It’s an album of the times\, by the times\, and for the people. It’s a record about power. About how to fight it\, how to take it\, and how to share it. \nMolly 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.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/molly-nilsson/
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Resident Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts Fall 2022 resident artists R Jason Rawlings\, Nelson Gutierrez\, and Angelo Madsen Minax will present artist talks. \nFree and open to the public. Masks are encouraged at this event. \n\nR Jason Rawlings is a filmmaker and visual artist residing and working in Memphis\, Tennessee. His work often revolves around the home and how our living spaces connect us to the world at large. The stories are born from a place\, evolve from there\, and are colored by the intricacies of the location. His most recent work\, Natives\, has been featured in both Indie Memphis and Oxford Film Festivals and awarded Best Director by the Mid-South Black Film Festival. He is a graduate of the University of Memphis film program. \n\nNelson Gutierrez is an artist exploring the constant struggle of individuals and some communities at large for a better life — resilience\, hope\, the search for common ground. His work is informed by personal and collective memories. It is composed of two- and three-dimensional pieces\, conceptual objects and installations that reflect current socio-political issues. Different materials are juxtaposed in a way that provides symbolic relevance to the topic being explored. Diverse mediums are used to express feelings of collective longing\, fear\, grief and hope.  \n\nAngelo Madsen Minax is a filmmaker\, visual artist\, performer\, and educator. His projects consider how human intimacies are woven through personal and collective histories\, cultures\, and kinships. His recent film\, North By Current (2021)\, aired on season 34 of POV (PBS)\, was a New York Times Critics Pick\, and has been called “A beautiful\, complex wonder of a film\,” by Rolling Stone. Madsen is currently a Guggenheim Fellow.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arts-resident-artist-talk-16/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Brian Blake Album Release Show
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, October 29\, 2022\nDoors open at 7PM | Show begins at 7:30PM\nTickets: $15 advance | $20 at the door\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nBrian Blake is a Memphis-area songwriter who has been active in the local music scene for more than 25 years. Brian was named the Songwriter of the Year in 2021 by the Memphis Songwriter’s Association for his song “Move on J.D.” The song will be featured on his first full-length album\, Book of Life. Full of memorable stories and characters\, Book of Life delves into Blake’s southeast Texas roots\, where his family goes back more than 175 years. The album was produced by Walt Wilkins and Ron Flynt and was recorded in Austin\, Texas\, with some of Austin’s finest touring and studio musicians such as Rich Brotherton (Robert Earl Keen)\, Warren Hood (Hayes Carll)\, and Betty Soo joining in the mix. \nBrian has assembled an all-star backing band for the Book of Life release show\, which is the launch of a regional tour in support of the album.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/brian-blake-album-release-show/
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SUMMARY:Mak Ro
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, October 28\, 2022\nDoors open at 7PM | Show begins at 7:30PM\nTickets: $15 advance | $20 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nMak Ro is a duo of Filipino-American artists who are cousins — Eric Makapugay (multi-instrumentalist/producer/songwriter) and Kristoffer Ruaro (singer/producer/songwriter) — based out of Memphis\, Tennessee. The duo produce a soulful sound with influences from pop\, R&B\, and rock music\, but overall create works that fuse together a variety of genres. \nThey have released 10 singles and a 4-song EP since their first release in 2019 with their newest single “Sip” being their sixth song to drop this year. \nYou can find Mak Ro on social media @makromusicofficial or visit makromusicofficial.com for more info.
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SUMMARY:Curtis Lundy Umoja Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Curtis Lundy Umoja Ensemble in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nThursday\, October 27\, 2022\nDoors at 7 p.m. | Show at 7:30 p.m.\nTickets: $25 | $20 in advance |$10 students \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nWorld-renowned and widely acclaimed jazz virtuoso Curtis Lundy (bass) performs with Phareed Malulih (saxophone)\, Michael Cruise (trumpet)\, Terreon Gully (drums)\, and Louis Heriveaux (piano). \nThe performance of Curtis Lundy Umoja Ensemble presented in collaboration with Crosstown Arts\, and Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame is supported by Chamber Music America’s Presenter Consortium for Jazz program\, funded through the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. \n \nCURTIS LUNDY \nBorn in 1955\, Curtis Lundy is a double bassist\, composer\, producer\, choir director\, and arranger. Lundy began his musical career in the All Miami Youth Jazz Band and was classically trained at the University of Miami under the tutelage of renowned bassist Dr. Lucas Drew. He has studied privately with Cecil McBee\, Linda McKnight\, Jaco Pastorius\, and Ron Carter. \nBest-known for his work as part of jazz vocalist Betty Carter’s band\, Lundy made his debut on the New York jazz scene in 1978. Over the years\, he has performed with an impressive list of musicians\, including: Art Blakely\, John Griffin\, Freddie Hubbard\, Paroah Sanders\, John Hicks\, Wynton Marsalis\, Branford Marsalis\, George Coleman\, Clark Terry\, Sam Rivers\, the Savoy Sultans\, Bobby Watson\, Stanley Turnetine\, Idris Mohamed\, Steve Nelson Quintet\, Mulgrew Miller\, Hammiet Bluiet\, Don Pullen\, Elvin Jones\, Hank Jones\, Sonny Stitt\, Jon Faddis\, Hilton Ruiz\, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis\, Phyllis Hyman\, Lionel Hampton\, Phineas Newborn\, Johnny Hartman\, Charlie Persip\, Louis Hayes\, Bobby Hutcherson\, Barry Harris\, and Frank Morgan. \nIn the late 1980s\, he issued Just Be Yourself (1989)\, and a decade later\, with Justin Time Records\, he released Against All Odds (1999)\, followed by Purpose (2002). Lundy remains one of the most spiritually uplifting bassists on the jazz scene today. He is featured on the G-Three recording SWIFT with Billy Robinson on sax\, Stacie McGregor on piano\, and Billy Hart on drums. Lundy’s arrangement on “Walk With Me\,” recorded by the ARC Gospel Choir\, was sampled by rapper Kanye West and became the Grammy Award-winning hit “Jesus Walks.” This arrangement was also sampled in “This is Why I’m Hot” by Shawn Mims. \nCurtis Lundy\, bass\nPhareed Malulih\, saxophone\nMichael Cruise\, trumpet\nTerreon Gully\, drums\nLouis Heriveaux\, piano
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/curtis-lundy-umoja-ensemble/
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SUMMARY:Experimental Music for Flute
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Experimental Music for Flute in the Green Room at Crosstown Arts. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nTuesday\, October 25\, 2022\nDoors 7PM / Show 7:30PM\nTickets: $15 (free for students with student ID) \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\nFlutist 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. \nPraised by the Cleveland Plain Dealer for her “superb command of color and nuance\,” Elise Blatchford is the Associate Professor of Flute at the University of Memphis Scheidt School of Music in Tennessee. \nA chamber musician\, soloist\, orchestral musician\, and teacher\, Ms. Blatchford is a flutist who embraces the independent\, the experimental\, and the DIY. As a founding member of the new music woodwind quintet The City of Tomorrow\, Ms. Blatchford won first prize at the 2011 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and received a Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning grant in 2014. The quintet tours nationally and has enjoyed residencies at Yale\, Tufts\, Vermont College of Fine Arts\, and Williams College. Ms. Blatchford has appeared with the International Contemporary Ensemble in New York and at the Banff Centre for Creativity in Alberta\, Canada. \nAs a recitalist\, Ms. Blatchford frequently programs music of the 20th and 21st centuries\, and has been an invited guest at venues across the U.S.\, including the Dame Myra Hess Series at the Chicago Cultural Center\, Yale University\, the University of Oregon\, and Virginia Tech. This season will include recital appearances in Chicago\, Memphis\, Indiana\, and Santo Domingo\, Dominican Republic. \nAlso at home in the traditional orchestra world\, Ms. Blatchford served as Guest Principal Flute for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s 2018-19 season. She has performed with the Oregon Symphony\, the Phoenix Symphony\, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago\, IRIS Orchestra\, and the YOA Orchestra of the Americas. With YOA\, she toured extensively throughout South America\, the Caribbean\, and mainland China\, made an appearance at Carnegie Hall\, and recorded with Philip Glass. \nMs. Blatchford holds degrees in flute performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the San Francisco Conservatory. A Powell Artist\, she performs on a 14K gold handmade Powell flute.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/experimental-music-for-flute/
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SUMMARY:Loveland Duren
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents The Loveland Duren Band in the Green Room. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, October 22\, 2022\nDoors open at 7pm | Show starts at 7:30pm \nTickets: $15 advance | $20 at the door\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nMemphis 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.” The Loveland Duren Band features veteran Memphis musicians Art Edmaiston (saxophones/vocals)\, Gerald Stephens (keyboards)\, Adam Holton (bass\, vocals)\, Ian Duren (drums)\, and Adam Hill (lead guitar\, vocals) with Ms. Loveland on vocals & percussion and Mr. Duren on vocals\, guitar\, and keyboards. 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.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/loveland-duren/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mike Dowling
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents GRAMMY-nominated American roots guitarist Mike Dowling in the Green Room. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, October 21\, 2022\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm \nTickets: $15 advance | $20 day of the show\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nWhen the late\, great Vassar Clements heard Mike Dowling play guitar back in 1975 he did the sensible thing. He hired him. Mike was the guitarist in Vassar’s first touring band and can be heard on his GRAMMY-nominated “Nashville Jam”. Clements called him simply\, “One of the finest guitarists there is\, anywhere.”Echoing that sentiment is an ever-growing chorus of music critics\, guitar students\, and acoustic music fans from throughout the world. \nMike 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. \nMike grew up in central Wisconsin and early in his career in the midwest caught the ear of jazz violin great Joe Venuti and mandolinist Jethro Burns. In the 1970’s\, in addition to touring with Clements\, he worked and recorded with Burns and Venuti in Chicago and in between jobs took time off to move to California when he had the opportunity to study with the late\, great George Barnes. Barnes had been “the” session guy for many years\, recording with everyone from Big Bill Broonzy to Tony Bennett. “I was very fortunate to be able to spend some time with him”\, Mike says. ” He was so tasteful\, so rhythmic. He set the bar very high for me and he continues to be an inspiration.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mike-dowling/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Stephan Crump
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, October 15\, 2022\nDoors at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm\n\nTickets: $20 advance | $25 day of the show ($10 student tickets available)\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nThis solo performance\, which explores Stephan Crump’s unique musical language through an expansive range of sonorities on the acoustic bass\, is a culmination of decades of work as a bassist\, composer\, and improviser. Throughout the last year\, he released monthly solo recordings in a fan-supported series via his Bandcamp page. The new album\, Rocket Love\, is curated from this body of work. \n\n\n\n\n\n“I am tempted to call Rocket Love my favorite solo bass recording of all time. At a minimum\, it is the most varied and fun.” Popmatters \n“As a bassist and composer\, Mr. Crump avoids obvious routes but manages never to lose his way” The New York Times \n“strikingly fresh and unobvious compositions…an impressive and original voice” The Wire \n“categories cease to matter” JazzTimes \n“Crump’s music is original” Downbeat \nMemphis-bred\, Grammy-nominated\, Echo Award-winning bassist/composer Stephan Crump is an active bandleader with twelve critically-acclaimed album releases in addition to numerous film scoring contributions. Stephan’s solo performance\, which explores his unique musical language through an expansive range of sonorities on the acoustic bass\, is a culmination of decades of work as a bassist\, composer\, and improviser. Throughout the last year\, he released monthly solo recordings in a fan-supported series via his Bandcamp page. The new album\, Rocket Love\, is curated from this body of work.  \nKnown for transforming his instrument into a speaking entity of magnetic pull\, his focus on creative instrumental music has led to collaborations with many of the leading lights of his generation\, most notably Vijay Iyer\, in whose trio and sextet Crump played a dynamic\, founding role. He can also be heard as long-standing member of Jen Chapin Trio\, Ches Smith Trio\, Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet\, Liberty Ellman Sextet\, Secret Keeper (duo with Mary Halvorson)\, his own Rosetta Trio (with Jamie Fox\, Liberty Ellman)\, his Rhombal quartet (with Ellery Eskelin\, Adam O’Farrill\, Tyshawn Sorey)\, as well as co-led ensembles with Kris Davis\, Ingrid Laubrock\, Cory Smythe\, Eric McPherson\, Mat Maneri\, and Okkyung Lee. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/stephan-crump/
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SUMMARY:Chinese Connection Dub Embassy: "Crew Vibes"
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, October 14\, 2022\nDoors open at 7PM | Show begins at 7:30PM \nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nThe Reggae band Chinese Connection Dub Embassy was created by Omar\, David\, and Joseph Higgins in 2010\, bringing hard-hitting originals and revamped covers that leave dance floors Irie all around. They released their first LP in 2013\, The Firm Foundation\, with the lead singles “Heavy Meditation” and “Tyrant”. They’ve played festivals all over such as Beale Street Music Fest\, Wakarusa\, Grateful Fest\, W.C. Handy Fest\, and they’ve opened for such artists as T-Pain\, Bone Thugs & Harmony\, The Wailers\, The Slackers\, and Mephiskapheles. After the passing of their fellow band leader/brother Omar Higgins in 2019\, Joseph and David are now leading the band to continue the legacy that was built on the foundation of unity. They took a newer Dacehall & Roots Reggae approach to their 2020 project Crew Vibez. \nCCDE has been featured in Reggaeville\, Memphis Flyer\, Irie Magazine\, and Afropunk. Now they’re more motivated than ever to continue the legacy of spreading truth and rights\, keeping the Good Vibes flowing through and through.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/chinese-connection-dub-embassy-crew-vibes/
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SUMMARY:Tim Fitzgerald
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $15 advance | $20 at the door \nPurchase tickets here \nTim Fitzgerald is a Chicago based guitarist and bandleader. He is also author of the book 625 Alive: the Wes Montgomery BBC Concert Transcribed\, which has been hailed as the “Ultimate Study of Wes Montgomery’s music” (Just Jazz Guitar Magazine) and “One of the 50 greatest guitar books of all time” (The 50 Greatest Guitar Books). He has written columns for Downbeat Magazine\, Just Jazz Guitar Magazine and Chicago Jazz Magazine and performed clinics at the Frank Mantooth Jazz Festival. \nTim leads two bands in Chicago — Tim Fitzgerald’s Full House and the Tim Fitzgerald Quartet — and is a sideman in a multitude of other projects. \nTim’s larger group\, Full House\, is a seven piece\, three horn ensemble inspired by the music of jazz great Wes Montgomery. The band features new original arrangements of Wes’ music — not just Wes Montgomery songs\, but Wes’ famous chord solos and octaves solos as well. \nHis smaller group\, The Tim Fitzgerald Quartet\, features a mix of straight ahead jazz and soul music\, including Tim’s original compositions\, the music of Wes Montgomery\, and the music of soul jazz greats such as Dr. Lonnie Smith.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/tim-fitzgerald/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Folk All Y'all presents Lilli Lewis
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $20+ \nPurchase tickets here \nLilli Lewis has composed in every tradition that inspires her\, including soul\, Americana\, hip hop\, classical\, folk\, jazz\, rock\, gospel\, blues\, soul and R&B. She integrated elements of New Orleans funk while co-writing and co-producing “Mask Up” in the summer of 2020. After carving out space for herself as an African-American lesbian of size\, Lewis has lent her voice to the inclusion and equity in the music industry by speaking in conferences and seminars for Americana Music Association and Folk Alliance International in her role as VP & Head of A&R at Louisiana Red Hot Records. And she’s further sharing her message in the music of her eagerly awaited “Americana” album\, following 2019’s critically acclaimed “We Belong.” In all things\, Lewis does her best to live by the creed she and her ensemble have become known for: Practice Radical Decency. That’s a belief system we can get behind! \nMinimum ticket price is $20 but you can name-your-own price above that if you’re feeling it. 100% of ticket revenue goes to our artists (you can see where any fees go in the check-out breakdown). Yep\, all of it. Folk All Y’all is volunteer-run and subscriber-supported. Shows are presented in partnership with Crosstown Arts at The Green Room in Crosstown Concourse. \nAbout Folk All Y’all: Intimate\, attentive performances by exceptional singer-songwriters\, proudly presented in Memphis\, Folk All Y’all is a public listening room series dedicated to providing artists and audiences with unforgettable music experiences.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/folk-all-yall-presents-lilli-lewis/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Amina Figarova Sextet
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Amina Figarova Sextet in the Green Room. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, October 7\, 2022\nDoors at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm \nTickets: $20 advance | $25 day of the show ($10 student tickets available)\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n“…Many of the strongest composer-arranger-orchestra leaders in jazz are women. Think Toshiko Akiyoshi\, Carla Bley\, Maria Schneider. Amina Figarova has a chance to join their company. All she needs is an orchestra. Figarova’s compositions for small ensemble have been brilliant since at least 2005\, when she released September Suite\, still the deepest\, most powerful jazz response to the events of 9/11…” by Thomas Conrad for Stereophile Magazine \nAmina Figarova is a quite phenomenal Azerbaijan-born\, New York-based pianist and stunning composer. Her sextet is fast developing a huge reputation on the international scene. Amina has toured extensively\, developing a tight-knit ensemble that\, despite inevitable personnel changes\, has attained a distinctive and inimitable voice by concentrating on all-original repertoire for almost 18 years. During that period\, having collaborated with musicians residing in both the U.S. and Europe and having built up a circuit of welcoming venues\, the Amina Figarova Sextet has triumphed at the main stage of the Newport Jazz Festival\, been invited repeatedly to New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival\, won critical and audience acclaim in Chicago\, Detroit\, Paris\, Amsterdam — and of course New York. \nAmina’s pieces strike a perfect tone\, employing genuinely beautiful harmonizations\, to capture fleeting thoughts that accompany those precious moments when the puzzling jostle of daily existence comes into unexpected but deeply satisfying sync. \nThis tour is a CD release tour for the new album JOY. \n\nConcert personnel: \nAmina Figarova on piano \nRyan Sands on drums  \nYasushi Nakamura on bass \nWayne Escoffery on sax \nAlonzo Demetrius on trumpet  \nJenny Davis on flutes
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/amina-figarova-sextet/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Blackwater Trio with Oakwalker
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents The Blackwater Trio in the Green Room. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nThursday\, October 6\, 2022\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm \nTickets: $15 advance | $20 at the door\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nBlackwater Trio is an Americana\, folk\, roots\, and rock band from Clarksdale\, Mississippi. With over eight years of friendship\, traveling\, and writing\, their unique sound is crafted with influences ranging from Led Zeppelin to hot club jazz. No Blackwater Trio show is complete without Seth’s charisma\, Walt’s chordal complexity\, Alice’s blazing fast fiddle\, and the band’s trademark three-part harmonies. A favorite on tours\, their original music and artful covers captivate audiences all over the country.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-blackwater-trio/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Mama Honey Album Release Show
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSunday\, October 2\, 2022\nDoors at 5:30PM | Show at 6PM\nTickets: $15 | $12 in advance \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nCrosstown Arts presents Mama Honey in a special release show for their new album Out of Darkness. \nMemphis-based rock band Mama Honey has a sound reminiscent of the Memphis blues\, classic rock\, and punk which transcends nostalgia to a uniquely modern blend of the best of all. Tamar Love\, singer/songwriter/guitarist; David McNinch\, drums; and Fields Falcone\, bass; will perform their album Out of Darkness and debut new songs in celebration of this special occasion.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mama-honey-album-release-show/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:She’Chinah and Friends
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room at Crosstown Arts \nSaturday\, October 1\, 2022 \nDoors open at 7PM | Show begins at 7:30PM \nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 day of the show \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nMemphis native She’Chinah’s love for music has roots deeper than she can remember. As a child\, she sang with her church choir\, and music has continued to soothe her throughout her life. “I have no idea how\,” she says\, “but when I sing the frustration I get with being misunderstood and unheard completely goes away and I am soothed. Music loved me first really\, so I fell for it back.” \nWhen she was young\, she was forbidden to listen to even the faintest\, briefest note of secular music\, and she didn’t find her own voice until years later. As a senior in high school\, She’Chinah began writing songs\, and in college at the University of Memphis\, she recorded features for other musicians.  \nInspired by her entrepreneurial parents\, She’Chinah decided to take her God-given talent and step into the spotlight. Originating from a musically inclined family\, her voice has finally found its place. She’Chinah uses her music to face reality\, and the free-spirited singer prides herself on making authentic and relatable music. Her debut EP\, Solitaire\, was released in 2017. Now\, after moving to LA and experiencing some life\, She’Chinah is preparing to share her sophomore EP this fall.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shechinah-with-jcksn-ave/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Shai Maestro Quartet + Strings
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Theater\nFriday\, September 30\, 2022\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 8pm\nTickets: $30 in advance | $35 day of the show \nPurchase tickets here \n“Expressions of joy\, introspective thoughts and heightened intensity all come to the fore” – Downbeat Magazine \n“His piano style fits into a particular modern tradition\, one that combines ultra-clean classical technique with a strong interest in repetitive\, almost looping figures and romantic melodies” – Stereogum \nShai Maestro (1987) is one of the most promising and talented pianists of his generation. Since his debut with his own trio in 2011\, Shai has shaped a strong and unique personal identity and has portrayed an incredible musical fluidity\, making him and his band one of the most powerful and harmonious groups in jazz today. \n2018 marked an important year for Shai\, signing with major jazz label ECM and recording his first album The Dream Thief there\, featuring his trio\, but also him as a solo-pianist. Introspective\, lyrical\, virtuosic and differentiated. In its review of The Dream Thief\, All About Jazz spoke of “a searching lyrical atmosphere\, emotional eloquence and communal virtuosity that serves the music.” All of which also applies to Human\, Shai’s latest release on ECM\, where Maestro’s outgoing\, highly-communicative band with fellow Israeli Ofri Nehemya on drums and Peruvian bassist Jorge Roeder becomes a quartet with the inspired addition of US trumpeter Philip Dizack. Shai’s expansive pianism is well-matched by Dizack’s alert\, quick-thinking approach to improvising. And\, as ever\, Maestro is taking the music forward while also respecting its sense of tradition. Human was recorded at Studios la Buissonne in the South of France in February 2020\, and produced by Manfred Eicher. \nShai Maestro began playing classical piano at age five and graduated with honors from the Thelma Yell in High School of Performing Arts in Givataim\, Israel. After winning the National Jazz Ensembles Competition “Jazz Signs” in 2002 and 2003 and receiving excellency scholarships 2004-2010 from the America-Israel Cultural Fund for jazz piano\, Maestro attended Berklee College of Music’s Five-Week Summer Performance Program in Boston\, where he was awarded a full scholarship to attend Berklee full-time—an offer Maestro ultimately declined. \nMaestro’s intuitions proved right: just a few weeks later\, he received a phone call from bassist Avishai Cohen\, known for his long-time collaboration with Chick Corea as well as for his successful band-leading career. The bassist called to invite Maestro to join the Avishai Cohen Trio with drummer Mark Guiliana. Maestro recorded four albums with the Avishai Cohen Trio\, including two on Blue Note Records: Gently Disturbed (2008)\, Sensitive Hours (2008)\, Aurora (2009)\, and Seven Seas (2011). The trio toured the world and played at some of the world’s most renowned venues and festivals. \nIn July 2010\, Maestro formed his own trio and just a few months later\, recorded their well-received first album\, Shai Maestro Trio\, for the French label Laborie Jazz. The trio began an intense schedule of touring the world\, playing up to 80 concerts a year and sharing stages with groups led by Chick Corea\, Tigran Hamasyan\, Esperanza Spalding\, and Diana Krall. In 2012\, the trio released their second album for Laborie Jazz\, entitled The Road to Ithaca\, making an even more personal and intimate statement\, going back to the essence of their being: unedited and raw. \nFollowing that line of thought\, Shai released recent albums Untold Stories and The Stone Skippe‘ in October 2014 and November 2016. Listeners and the media outlets alike\, including DownBeat Magazine\, NPR\, BBC\, JazzFM\, TSF\, and WBGO’s The Checkout\, received the albums with critical acclaim. With these albums\, Maestro entered a new phase in his artistry: taking time\, fearing less\, daring more\, and allowing the music to unfold organically\, more than ever. Especially live\, the natural developments made the trio one of the most powerful and harmonious groups in jazz. The past few years\, the trio has performed at the most renown stages\, venues and festivals worldwide. \nBesides his trio\, Maestro recorded on vocalist Theo Bleckmann’s album Elegy. Maestro has also received critical acclaim appearing on Mark Guiliana’s Jazz Quartet’s debut album Family First (2015). Most recently\, Shai recorded on saxophonist Ben Wendel’s album High Heart (Edition Records\, 2020). \nWithin the past couple of years\, Shai reached two important career milestones: he signed with Sony / ATV Music Publishing and was invited to perform with Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra\, conducted by Keitaro Harada\, at Tokyo Metropolitan Theater. The program consisted of Miho Hazama’s first piano concerto as well as Shai’s original music.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shai-maestro-quartet-string-quartet/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Evergreen Sessions: Hosted by Brandon Blvd
DESCRIPTION:Brandon Blvd hosts The Evergreen Sessions in the Green Room\, emphasizing independent/underground artists locally and beyond. Featuring special guests Mai Ty\, Idaly Maceano\, Cadillac Jack\, and Virghost and the Saturday Sunset band. \n\nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, September 23\, 2022\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm \nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nBrandon Love Jackson (born April 5\, 1991)\, known professionally as Brandon Blvd\, is an American Hip-Hop artist from Memphis\, Tennessee. In 2020\, he released his most recent EP Safer at Home to the public which yielded support and allowed him to begin generating local recognition. \nAs a former Crosstown Arts resident artist\, Brandon was able to actively collaborate with artists from different walks\, backgrounds\, and practices. This inspired him to explore the creation of similar art spaces in collaboration with Crosstown Arts in order to continue the sharing of ideas\, vibes\, and perspectives through music. As an artist and Memphis native\, Brandon hopes that the Evergreen Sessions will allow such environments to take place for the foreseeable future. \nIn paying homage to Memphis’ Historic Evergreen district in mind\, the “Evergreen Sessions” seeks to serve as a quarterly showcase of musical talents from a wide scale of artists with various backgrounds\, and perspectives. This will be the first session of hopefully many more to come that sheds light and emphasizes independent/underground artists locally and beyond. Although there’s a focus on shining light on underground/independent Hip Hop & R&B artists\, the Evergreen Sessions seeks to create an all-inclusive space of collaboration for all musical creatives and genres.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-evergreen-sessions-hosted-by-brandon-blvd/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fula Brothers
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $20 advance | $25 at the door \nPurchase tickets here \nFula Brothers are a burst of unbridled creative musicianship and happy making. A high spirited meeting of veteran performers from West Africa and America\, each with a history of innovation and collaboration with some of the beloved musicians of these cultures. Together they weave West African hunter’s harp\, fingerstyle guitar\, drums\, vocals\, and a bounty of improvisation into an ecstatic groove based dialogue which the heart – and the feet – cannot resist. \nMamadou Sidibe \nMaster kamale ngoni player\, Mamadou Sidibe\, is from the Wassoulou Region of Mali\, West Africa. Twenty-five years ago\, Mamadou played a groundbreaking role in the transformation of this region’s music from its origins in hunters’ sacred melodies – played on six string donso ngoni (hunter’s harps) – to a music of philosophical observations\, politics\, and daily life. Mamadou was one of the first to expand the instrument’s range with two extra strings\, creating the popular kamale ngoni. He has recently enhanced the kamale ngoni even further by devising 10 and 12-stringed instruments. \n​Mamadou\, with artists Coumba Sidibe\, Oumou Sangare and Ramata Diakite\, spread the new sounds through recordings and performances in Europe\, Africa and the United States. Not only is Mamadou an award-winning musician and master of the kamale ngoni\, he is accomplished on several other African instruments as well. \n​“At the center of his music is the same sensibility that you’ll find in Muddy Waters: a sense of music as a tool for the re-creation of everyday life into something special\, even magical.” ~ Stylus \nWalter Strauss \nFingerstyle guitarist Walter Strauss’s multi-layered style draws on American roots\, jazz\, classical\, and cultural guitar traditions – but what makes his playing utterly unique is how it is informed by other global stringed instruments. He has delved deep into the harp traditions of West Africa\, integrating elements of their richly layered styles and rhythmic sensibilities with his own\, and rendering traditional pieces on the guitar. Walter has collaborated with revered practitioners of the kora (the 21-stringed West African harp) and with early kamale ngoni (hunter’s harp) innovator Mamadou Sidibe. Malian kora legend Toumani Diabate calls Walter’s guitar rendering of the music of the kora “inspirational”\, and proposed Walter’s collaboration with his son\, Sidiki Diabate\, a West African star in his own right. \nIn addition to his solo CDs and performances across the US & UK\, Walter’s collaborations have spanned an impressive range of musicians\, from maverick multi-instrumentalist Joe Craven and Grammy-winning Malian kora player Mamadou Diabate to Scottish fiddler Johnny Hardie and Grammy-nominated guitar maestro Alex de Grassi. He has performed internationally at venues like the Kennedy Center\, the Celtic Connections Festival in Scotland\, and Le Diplomate in Bamako\, Mali. Recently\, he created music for the Ken Burns documentary film “Defying the Nazis.” \n​“A many-layered\, multi-textured\, one-man folk festival” ~ Maverick Magazine
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/fula-brothers/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mike Moreno with The Ted Ludwig Trio
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $20 advance | $25 at the door ($10 student tickets available at the door) \nPurchase tickets here \nOriginally from Houston\, Texas\, Mike began studying music formally at the Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts\, a school renowned for its musical alumni\, which includes such luminaries as Jason Moran\, Robert Glasper\, Brian Michael Cox\, Eric Harland\, Chris Dave\, Kendrick Scott\, and Beyoncé. \nAfter graduating\, Mike moved to New York City with a scholarship to attend the New School University. While still in school he began garnering the recognition necessary to be called to perform and tour with some of the most venerable names in the Jazz world as well as rising stars of the scene. \nOver the years\, they have included The Joshua Redman Elastic Band\, Lizz Wright Band\, Nicholas Payton Quartet\, Stefon Harris Sonic Creed\, Me’Shell N’Degeocello\, Jason Moran\, Terence Blanchard\, Robert Glasper\, Ambrose Akinmusire\, Gretchen Parlato\, Aaron Parks\, Claudia Acuña\, Greg Osby 4\, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra\, Jeff “Tain” Watts\, Jeremy Pelt\, John Ellis\, Myron Walden\, Kenny Garret\, Yosvany Terry\, Ralph Bowen\, Will Vinson and more. \nAdditionally\, Mike has recorded with numerous major artists\, both inside and outside of the Jazz genre. 3 of these recordings were nominated for a Grammy. In 2010 both Q-Tip’s “The Renaissance” and Geoffrey Keezzer’s “Aurea” were nominated for Best Album in their categories\, as well in 2008 Eldar’s “Re-Imagination” received the same nomination in the Jazz Category. Moreno’s discography also includes artists such as Bilal\, Jeremy Pelt\, Robert Glasper\, John Ellis\, Aaron Parks\, Jimmy Greene\, Myron Walden\, Sam Yahel\, Ralph Bowen\, Marcus Strickland\, Yosvany Terry\, Kendrick Scott Oracle\, Will Vinson\, and Bob Reynolds. \nRecognized as one of the leading voices in the Jazz guitar world\, Mike has toured extensively and recorded as a leader of his own band\, playing his original music to high critical acclaim. As Nate Chinen describes in his 2007 The Gig article in JazzTimes\, “There are many other guitarists out there pushing towards a modern ideal\, but none with the precise coordinates that Mike Moreno has charted.” \nIn 2007\, Mike released his debut CD Between The Lines on the World Culture Music label\, which Nate Chinen deemed in The New York Times as one of his top 10 Jazz albums of 2007. He recorded his second and third albums\, Third Wish 2008 and First In Mind 2011\, for European Jazz label Criss-Cross Records. He returned to World Culture Music for the release of Another Way 2012 which made the 25 “Best of 2012” Jazz Releases on itunes. And his most recent album Lotus has just been released.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mike-moreno/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Folk All Y'all presents Grace Pettis
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $20+\n\nPurchase tickets here\n \nGrace epitomizes the term singer/songwriter. As a singer\, her voice is both powerful and beautiful\, and she uses it like a fine arts painter to color and craft her songs. American Songwriter Magazine wrote “As a decorated songwriter\, Pettis blurs the lines between country\, Americana and folk. Her soulful delivery of calculated lyric lines helps her tell stories for all generations.” Her songs have been recorded by many esteemed artists\, including Sara Hickman and Ruthie Foster. For Grace\, who has been characterized as “a little bit folk\, a little bit country/Americana\, and a whole lot of soul\,” 2020 had many silver linings. She signed with MPress Records\, released three critically acclaimed singles — “Landon\,” “White Noise\,” and “Drop Another Pin\,” — and recorded Working Woman in Nashville employing an all-female/non-binary creative team.\n\n \n\nMinimum ticket price is $20 but you can name-your-own price above that if you’re feeling it. 100% of ticket revenue goes to our artists (you can see where any fees go in the check-out breakdown). Yep\, all of it. Folk All Yall is volunteer-run and subscriber-supported. Shows are presented in partnership with Crosstown Arts at The Green Room in Crosstown Concourse. \nAbout Folk All Y’all: Intimate\, attentive performances by exceptional singer-songwriters\, proudly presented in Memphis\, Folk All Y’all is a public listening room series dedicated to providing artists and audiences with unforgettable music experiences. \n\n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/folk-all-yall-presents-grace-pettis/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Reba Russell Band
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents The Reba Russell Band in the Green Room. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, September 9\, 2022\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm \nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 day of the show\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nReba Russell and The Reba Russell Band are names synonymous with the Memphis Music Scene and the Blues. Beginning early in the 1980’s (bands Visions\, Portrait\, Reba and the Portables) and currently fronting The Reba Russell Band\, Reba Russell has covered most bases in the music industry. Reba is a published songwriter\, vocalist\, guitarist\, backing vocalist\, bandleader and producer\, as well as a touring and recording artist. She and her band have toured throughout the United States and Europe and have released 8 independent original Blues albums. Reba and all her band members have countless recording credits with a multitude of various artists. \nIn 2018 The Reba Russell Band was honored to receive a Brass Note on Beale Street. Current members of the Reba Russell Band: \nWayne Russell – Bass \nRobert Nighthawk Tooms – Keys & Harp \nJames Cunningham – Drums \nJeff Jensen – Guitar \nReba Russell – Vocals & Acoustic Guitar
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-reba-russell-band/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tonya Dyson & the Ainitmanes
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 3\, 2022\nDoors open at 7:00PM | Show starts at 7:30PM \nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nTonya Dyson wears so many hats: non-profit arts executive\, music educator\, serial entrepreneur\, community leader\, and festival organizer. You name it. She’s also a beloved artist who has not only built a devoted following in a creative landscape of her own design but has helped develop and nurture that same environment for countless other Memphis artists. She’s the genuine article in Memphis’ new soul underground.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/tonya-dyson-the-ainitmanes/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dylan Dunn and Ava Carrington
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, September 2\, 202\nDoors open at 7PM | Show begins at 7:30PM\nTickets: $12 in advance | $15 at the door\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nWith an analogous fashion that inhales inspiration\, releasing tension\, and\, finally\, exhaling calm\, Dylan Dunn tempers rock Sturm und Drang with flourishes of delicate alternative\, indie spirit\, ghostly harmonies\, and chantable choruses.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/dylan-dunn-and-ava-carrington/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Elizabeth King: The Sacred Soul Queen of Memphis
DESCRIPTION:Advance tickets are now sold out\, but a limited number of tickets will be for sale at the door beginning at 7PM. \nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door \nPurchase tickets here \nElizabeth King recorded her first single in 1970\, and if all had gone as planned\, she would have made her first album a few years later. Instead\, it took another half century for King to release her 2021 album Living In The Last Days\, which captured King at the height of her powers\, with the intervening decades only serving to stoke the flames of one of the most memorable voices in modern gospel music. Now Elizabeth is back with yet another collection of offerings\, each more fiery than the last. I Got a Love is a testament to her dedication to God\, her family and to her craft. \nMost of the material on I Got a Love was drawn from pioneering 70s gospel DJ/producer Juan D. Shipp’s D-Vine Spirituals Records catalog. Elizabeth was the flagship artist on the label and her early recordings are part of Bible & Tire’s ongoing D-Vine Spirituals reissue series including their latest compilations Sacred Soul: The D-Vine Spirituals Records Story Volume 1 and 2. \nShipp\, an 83 year old producer\, DJ and longtime manager of Elizabeth\, didn’t miss the chance to be back in the studio with Elizabeth\, egging her on. This 60 year old relationship has flourished as the recordings indicate. Once the album was thought to have been completed\, Watson had one more trick up his sleeve. He enlisted Mississippi rhythm & blues shaman Jimbo Mathus (Squirrel Nut Zippers\, Buddy Guy\, Andrew Bird) to produce one more cut for the record. \nI Got A Love shows a different side of King. A more raw and vibrant side. The songs have more energy\, more stamina and drive harder than her previous release without compromising the integrity of King’s glorious voice and personality. It’s as if Elizabeth was just getting warmed up with her 2021 album Living In the Last Days and now the stage is set with this new offering. \nThe true concept of sacred soul can be found in earnest on tracks like “I Need The Lord” and “My Robe\,” which find King and company weaving that historic Memphis Soul Sound within the gospel framework\, always keen on delivering the sacred message. The real gem however\, can be found within the two and a half minute acapella performance of “Give Me Wings.” \nKing\, accompanied by her daughters in the round sing the words “As I go from door to door\, loved ones gone\, I won’t see ‘em down here no more. That makes me feel like flying away\, to be at rest.” Elizabeth’s delivery is personal. Not only does she sing for the love and loss of her late husband years ago\, but for all of the many who have gone on before her. I Got a Love is a testament to the many years Elizabeth has spent honing her craft and patiently waiting for her moment.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/an-evening-with-elizabeth-king-the-sacred-soul-queen-of-memphis/
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