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Thursday, 17 January 2013 11:12

Reverend John Wilkins

Reverend John Wilkins
This session of Sense of Place Memphis focuses on Reverend John Wilkins. Wilkins' introduction to music came from his talented father. Wilkins is the son of Reverend Robert Wilkins, who originally wrote "Prodigal Son," made famous by the Rolling Stones.
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Thursday, 17 January 2013 10:42

Royal Studio - Hi Records

Willie Mitchell, in a June 14, 2004 photo, sits in the booth of Royal Studios
It’s on to Royal Studio on our Sense of Place tour of Memphis today.

That’s where Al Green, Ann Peebles and others made some of the seventies most important soul music for Hi Records.
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Wednesday, 16 January 2013 11:41

Jody Stephens on Ardent Studios and Big Star

Big Star
Our Sense of Place visit to Memphis moves away from Soul music to the place where the seminal albums of American power-pop were created. Ardent Studios is where the Memphis band Big Star made the three albums that define the genre.
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Wednesday, 16 January 2013 11:39

Lucero

Lucero
We meet the blue collar heart of Memphis, the band Lucero, today on the World Cafe. Lucero has their own history with Ardent studio. Today we hear a stripped down session with the band recorded in Ardent Studio A where they worked on their breakthrough album 1372 Overton Park.
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Tuesday, 15 January 2013 00:00

Lisa Marie Presley and Robert Gordon Graceland

Lisa Marie Presley and Robert Gordon Graceland
Our World Cafe Sense of Place trip to Graceland makes a stop on Elvis Presley Blvd to visit the humble home of The King. You can view our special tour as we linger in the Jungle Room here. In this session we hear from Elvis’s daughter Lisa Marie Presley, It Came From Memphis author Robert Gordon, Kevin Kern, the Director of Public Relations for Elvis Presley Enterprises, and Kevin Kern, the Director of Public Relations for Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.
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Tuesday, 15 January 2013 12:12

Sam Phillips

Sam Phillips, 4th from left
Memphis Tennessee – Soul music, Barbeque and Elvis Presley. Today’s show focuses on Sun and Graceland. For Sun, we have an interview with none other than Sam Phillips, the founder of the famed studio! Recorded in 2002, a year before the accomplished producer died.
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Monday, 14 January 2013 00:00

Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes
As part of our Sense of Place series on Memphis, we dug into the World Cafe archives and pulled out a 2003 interview with Stax Records' best-selling artist, the late Isaac Hayes.
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Monday, 14 January 2013 00:00

Steve Cropper And Booker T. Jones

Steve Cropper (2nd from L) and Booker T. Jones (3rd from L), part of Stax Records house band.
As part of World Cafe's Sense of Place series on Memphis, Tenn., we've dug up archival interviews with two legendary Stax Records performers: guitarist Steve Cropper and organist Booker T. Jones, both of Booker T. & The M.G.'s.
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Monday, 14 January 2013 16:00

Stax Records on World Cafe

Stax Records Recording Studio, Memphis, Tenn.
Memphis Tennessee – Soul music, barbeque and Elvis Presley. World Cafe is spending this week getting the vibe of Memphis, Tenn., a city that — like New Orleans — has had an undeniable influence on all of American culture.
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Friday, 11 January 2013 05:00

Trey Anastasio

Trey Anastasio
January 11, 2013 - Listen to an in-depth interview with the lead singer of the beloved jam-rock band Phish.
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Music Hack Day Philadelphia: The results are in

Photo via https://www.facebook.com/drexeluniv/posts/520555071314459 Did you ever date someone to find out they had...Read More

Watch Julia Holter’s new video for “World” (playing World Cafe Live on 7/13)

In advance of her forthcoming For Loud City Song LP, Julia Holter has shared a new video for lead single “World.”  The...Read More

Tonight’s Concert Picks: Japanese Guy at PhilaMOCA, Femme Fest at Sellersville Theater, Cruiser at Ortlieb’s Lounge, Telequanta at...

Japanese Guy perform at PhilaMOCA tonight.  The less-talked about side project of a Fleet Foxes member, Japanese Guy is the...Read More

My Morning Download: “College” by Rogue Wave (playing Union Transfer with The Boxer Rebellion on June...

Photo by Terri Loewenthal Rogue Wave have a new album, Nightingale Floors, coming out on June 4th. The band plays Union Transfer on...Read More

The Swollen Fox is celebrating its 3-year anniversary at PhilaMOCA on 7/11

The Swollen Fox has announced a special 3-year anniversary concert at PhilaMOCA on July 11th with TJ Kong & the Atomic Bomb, Swift...Read More
     
     
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