By Peter White
29.03.2020 - 00:11 / abcnews.go.com
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Tourism officials in Memphis, Tennessee, say the Beale Street Music Festival and the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest have been rescheduled for the fall after they were postponed by the new coronavirus outbreak.
Memphis in May officials said in a statement Saturday that the barbecue cooking competition has been reset for Sept. 30 through Oct. 3. The music festival will now be held Oct. 16 through Oct. 18.
Both events are the cornerstones of the city's monthlong
Knox Phillips, the son of renowned music producer Sam Phillips and an enthusiastic ambassador of Memphis music who worked on records by Jerry Lee Lewis, Willie Nelson and John Prine during more than 50 years in the industry, has died. He was 74.Phillips’ brother, Jerry Phillips, told The Associated Press that his older sibling died Monday at home, with his wife.
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Memphis, Tenn. rapper NLE Choppa spoke with Genius News to break down his song with Roddy Ricch, “Walk Em Down.” Choppa mentioned how the collaboration came together relatively quickly, saying that Ricch laid a verse down the same night he asked him to be on the record. Choppa is home right now and is just focusing on prepping his debut album, Top Shotta.
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It’s easy to feel intimidated by wine. All those hard-to-pronounce names, so many vineyards to remember. That’s the world Elijah, played by Mamoudou Athie, wants to enter in the new Netflix movie “Uncorked,” about a young man who dreams of taking the brutally difficult master sommelier exam instead of taking over his family’s Memphis barbecue restaurant.
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Indie marketing and distribution company Ingrooves Music Group has signed a global distribution for Mexico's Serca Music, a leading regional Mexican music label. The deal covers new releases as well as Serca's rich catalog, which includes acts like Invasores de Nuevo León, Los Traileros del Norte and La Leyenda.
The Beale Street Music Festival and the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in Memphis, Tennessee, have been postponed because of the new coronavirus outbreak. Memphis in May officials said in a statement Thursday (March 19) tha
The Blues Foundation is not singing the blues, but working to come up with virtual events to replace its cancelled flagship events, the Blues Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which was set for May 6, and the 41st Annual Blues Music Awards, which was set for May 7. Both were to be held in Memphis, where The Blues Foundation is based. These virtual events "will