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Ann Peebles & the Hi Rhythm Section “Live in Memphis” 30th anniversary concert recording, Danielia Cotton’s new album and The Womack Sisters upcoming EP

On the fifth day of Christmas, Memphis gave to me five things to do, four carolers, three French horns, two book signings, and stories by Truman Capote.

Open share drawer This live set captures the former Big Star frontman for a 1999 one-off in Memphis, where he serves up a feast of soul-music staples backed by the city’s legendary Hi Rhythm Section. You could call Boogie Shoes a homecoming of sorts. A native son of Memphis, Alex Chilton adopted New Orleans as his new home in 1982—with typically perverse logic, the Big Star leader headed to the famously decadent city to get sober, a gambit that paid off—but his connection to the...