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Express Connection a sequel to Memphis Light for Croatian Tomislav “Little Pigeon” Goluban as he returns to Memphis to record at the famed Ardent Studios. He plays with some of the city’s best including guitarist Jeff Jensen, drummer David Green, keyboardist Rick Steff, bassist Bill Ruffino, and slide guitarist Mark Johnson from that session. Here he is also joined by saxophonist Kirk Smothers and trumpeter Marc Franklin, both Memphis session veterans and Kelly Zirbes who sings lead on two tacks and background on another four. Tomi takes the other lead vocal sand blows the heck out of ...

Program #238 (April 2 at 8:00 p.m. and April 3 at 3:00 p.m.) Adding a Southern flavor to their love of Springsteen, the Mekons, and the indie folk-pop of Ida, Memphis alt-country rockers Lucero have suffered the turbulence that comes with the indie scene, but their story of perseverance and survival is triumphant, so much so that director Aaron Goldman made a film about it. Synonymous with their hometown -- in 2018, the city's mayor officially declared April 14 "Lucero Day" -- the band's impressive catalog has run the gamut from country, soul, and blues to garage-punk and heartland rock, with...

Alabama Slim – The Parlor (Cornelius Chapel): “The story of a bluesman getting discovered late in life is one that has repeated itself a handful of times over the last few decades. There is a sadness to this story in the fact that talented musicians can toil away most of their life without having their music ever heard and appreciated by anyone outside of their immediate community. But there is also a triumph, a redemption of sorts that comes from this music finally reaching grateful listeners around the world. While visiting bluesman Little Freddie King in New Orleans, Music Maker Reli...

For a certain age group in this region, the two album titles from blind to blue (Craven Hill, 1999) and Another Vivid Scene (Craven Hill,...