by Joe Spake on January 31, 2010
The Marketplace of the Mid-South
I was looking up something about Memphis when I ran across a link to http://lostmemphis.com in a Wikipedia article. The link takes you to a page of http://mallofmemphis.org, a tribute to Memphis’s flagship shopping mall. The site is a captivating historical piece presenting a thorough story of the mall from its [...]
by Joe Spake on January 30, 2010
Seeing the ice on the trees this morning reminds me of a morning in 1994, waking up to a series of muffled crackles and crunchs, not quite realizing at the time that the sounds were large tree limbs splitting and falling. I don’t remember that is was very cold that morning, 30-31 degrees being optimal [...]
by Joe Spake on September 8, 2009
What better way to close out Summer and move into Fall than the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival?
Great Music! Great Food! and lots of fun had by all. I didn’t get to the outside stages much, as managing the Folklore Hall Stage kept me busy, but everyone who I talked with was awestruck by [...]
by Joe Spake on September 6, 2009
Oh, have I mentioned the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival? Today, Sunday 9/6 is the last day, but what a day it will be: Rockabilly, folk, funk, soul, hip-hop, mariachi, dance, food demos, and much, much more, and it’s free. Come on Downtown and check it out.
Click here forPrintable 1-page schedule
I started a Flickr Group, [...]
by Joe Spake on September 4, 2009
Wondering what to do with your Labor Day Weekend in Memphis? If you follow this blog or my other social media posts, you know where I’ll be. If you are going to be in Memphis over the weekend DO NOT MISS the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival Downtown, the annual multi-cultural, multi-art form [...]
by Joe Spake on August 31, 2009
Wondering what to do with your Labor Day Weekend in Memphis? If you follow this blog or my other social media posts, you know where I’ll be. If you are going to be in Memphis over the weekend DO NOT MISS the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival Downtown, the annual multi-cultural, multi-art form even produced [...]
by Joe Spake on August 29, 2009
Wisdom, originally uploaded by joespake.
Statue outside the Court House at 140 Adams. Probably should be moved to City Hall.
by Joe Spake on August 27, 2009
So what’s this Memphis Music and Heritage Festival thing?
It’s the Bo-Keys, Jason D. Williams, Bobby Rush, Amy LeVere, Giant Bear, Paul Taylor, Al Kapone, Eddie Bond, Joyce Cobb, Kate Campbell, Daddy Mack, Susan Marshall, and Gary Topper for starters.
It’s been one of Memphis’ best kept secrets in the past, but there is really no reason [...]
by Joe Spake on August 20, 2009
Experience Folklore like you never have before. Lots of new features this year at the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival. Great food. Great Music. Great Folk. Get a Folk Pass!
by Joe Spake on August 20, 2009
No other event represents the rich musical heritage of this region better than the Memphis Music & Heritage Festival. You’ll see and hear the Mid-South’s best singers and musicians performing traditional blues, rockabilly, country, bluegrass, klezmer, soul, jazz, gospel and that good old sweet soul music. But the Festival is much more than just a [...]