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 As soon as I dropped off my bags in Memphis Sunday morning, I immediately hailed a cab and headed to the south end of town. No, I wasn't going to […]

It may only be a four-hour bus ride from Nashville, but the music of Memphis could hardly be more different than its country-and-bluegrass neighbor. Memphis is the cradle of the

  Greetings from Nashville – or, as it's more commonly referred to down here, "Music City." I arrived here last night just as the Titans were wrapping up their loss

(photo: Elvis' and Col. Parker's 1977 holiday card) Merry Christmas to all! As with last year's trip to Ireland, I'll be taking advantage of the time off between Christmas and

 There are some voices which simply cannot be imitated. In the world of rock and roll, one of those voices clearly belongs to Ronnie Spector, who was back at B.B.

  Sometimes, the day job has its perks: thanks to some folks I do business with, I was invited on Wednesday to Craftsteak for a five course meal cooked by

I've just learned the sad news that Liam Clancy, the guitarist and last surviving member of The Clancy Brothers, died this past Friday at age 74. For those of you

Music was hardly the focus of this year's Art Basel Miami Beach: the annual bacchanal that brings virtually the entire art world to South Florida for five days of browsing,

  Those Slopers who didn't have to hightail it to Grandma's yesterday were treated to what amounted to a home show at Barbes by Becca Stevens, who sang with both bands