Tennessee Ballet Theater's "901 Stories: Beale Street” will showcase ballet and modern dance interpretations of 13 recordings ...

Jane Wilson samples the city’s sublime sounds and sweet flavours ...

Blues musician and Beale Street legend Earl “The Pearl” Banks has died. The venerable guitarist and bandleader was 89. News of Banks’ passing was confirmed on his official Facebook page. He had been ...

The world of music was shaken when one of the region’s great original bluesmen, Earl “the Pearl” Banks, passed away this August 7th at the age of 89. Most recently in his residency at Blues City Cafe, ...

There’s been plenty of controversy in recent years about the centrality of blues music on Beale Street, but all that takes a hiatus this week as hundreds (do I hear thousands?) of blues lovers descend ...

Starting Tuesday, Downtown Memphis will come alive with the sound of blues from across the country, and all over the world. The 38th edition of the annual International Blues Challenge will bring more ...

Memphis, Tennessee is known as the Home of the Blues, and there was no bigger or brighter ambassador for this Blues City than the King of Blues himself, B. B. King. In his lifetime, King won 17 Grammy ...

Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot peppers. side 1: Beale Street Blues; side 2: The Pearls (Bluebird B-10252). 78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1927 and released on Victor 20948. Rust, ...

Beale Street belongs in a Memphis weekend, but it should not be the whole trip. Start with ribs or pulled pork, step into the ...