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Nashville Sense of Place: Take a tour of Third Man Records HQ

John Vettese — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:49:40 +0000

All week on World Cafe with David Dye, the Sense of Place series is exploring the city of Nashville and its rich heritage in country music and beyond. Today, David Dye gets a tour of the modern-day mecca for vinyl devotees (and Jack White fans) – the headquarters of Third Man Records. Co-founder Ben Swank shows David around in the video below, and plays us his favorite five of those special recordings on the show (which you can hear here). His picks include The Kills, Jeff the Brotherhood, Conan O’Brian and more. Watch the video below. You can listen to the Sense of Place series on WXPN at 2 p.m. Monday through Friday all this week, or at 7 p.m. on XPN2: Singer-Songwriter Radio.

Nashville Sense of Place: Learn about the concert poster business at the legendary Hatch Show Print

John Vettese — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:47:26 +0000

All week on World Cafe with David Dye, the Sense of Place series is exploring the city of Nashville and its rich heritage in country music and beyond. Today, we go behind the scenes of the concert poster business as David takes a tour of the legendary Hatch Show Print. Watch the video below. You can listen to the Sense of Place series on WXPN at 2 p.m. Monday through Friday all this week, or at 7 p.m. on XPN2: Singer-Songwriter Radio.

Nashville Sense of Place: Download the World Cafe Next segment about Luella and the Sun

John Vettese — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:41:32 +0000

All week on World Cafe with David Dye, the Sense of Place series is exploring the city of Nashville and its rich heritage in country music and beyond. Today, in his weekly World Cafe: Next segment, David introduces you to Luella and the Sun, a band made up of Nashville music scene vets John Radford, Joe McMahan, Adam Bednarik and Melissa Mathes, who write songs that draw from gospel and the blues. Download the segment below. You can listen to the Sense of Place series on WXPN at 2 p.m. Monday through Friday all this week, or at 7 p.m. on XPN2: Singer-Songwriter Radio.

Nashville Sense of Place: Watch Caitlin Rose take World Cafe’s David Dye on a bar crawl

John Vettese — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:57:12 +0000

All week on World Cafe with David Dye, the Sense of Place series is exploring the city of Nashville and its rich heritage in country music and beyond. Today, travel through the town’s popular and lesser-known watering holes as up-and-coming singer-songwiter Caitlin Rose takes David on a bar crawl. You can listen to the Sense of Place series on WXPN at 2 p.m. Monday through Friday all this week, or at 7 p.m. on XPN2: Singer-Songwriter Radio.

Memphis Sense of Place: American Sound Studio, then and now

John Vettese — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:48:27 +0000

All week on World Cafe with David Dye, the Sense of Place series is exploring the city of Memphis and its musical heritage. Today, David Dye is exploring the late great American Sound Studio, where Elvis Presley recorded his final number-one hit, “Suspicious Minds,” in 1969. Above, check out a photo of the studio in its heyday. Below, see the studio in the mid-80s, and a video tour of the room shot in 1987. At the bottom, see what the site of American Sound Studio looks like today. You can listen to the Sense of Place series on WXPN at 2 p.m. Monday through Friday all this week, or at 7 p.m. on XPN2: Singer-Songwriter Radio.

Memphis Sense of Place: Download Rev. John Wilkins performance of “Prodigal Son”

John Vettese — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:20:06 +0000

All week on World Cafe with David Dye, the Sense of Place series is exploring the city of Memphis and its musical heritage. Today, we listen in on the World Cafe concert recorded with Memphis blues musician Rev. John Wilkins. Below, download his performance of “Prodigal Son,” written by his father, Rev. Robert Wilkins, later recorded by The Rolling Stones on Beggar’s Banquet. You can listen to the Sense of Place series on WXPN at 2 p.m. Monday through Friday all this week, or at 7 p.m. on XPN2: Singer-Songwriter Radio.

Memphis Sense of Place: David Dye’s top five sites

David Dye — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:00:41 +0000

All week on World Cafe with David Dye, the Sense of Place series is exploring the city of Memphis and its musical heritage. Today, David Dye shares his top five Memphis sites. You can listen to the Sense of Place series on WXPN at 2 p.m. Monday through Friday all this week, or at 7 p.m. on XPN2: Singer-Songwriter Radio.

Some more of the places you should not miss on any Memphis visit: Graceland and the National Civil Rights Museum were the two most defining visits of our trip. Spend a Sunday morning at Reverend Al’s. And Leavitt Shell is a beautiful outdoor venue.

Graceland
3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard Memphis, TN 38116
(901) 332-3329
http://www.elvis.com/graceland/

National Civil Rights Museum
450 Mulberry Street Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 521-9699
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/

Full Gospel Tabernacle Church (Al Green’s church)
787 Hale Road Memphis, TN 38116
(901) 570-1464
http://www.algreenmusic.com/fullgospeltabernacle.html

Leavitt Shell
1928 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38104
(901) 272-2722
http://www.levittshell.org/

Memphis Rock N Soul Museum
191 Beale Street Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 205-2533
http://memphisrocknsoul.org

Memphis Sense of Place: Watch David Dye get a walking tour of Memphis with Brian Venable of Lucero

John Vettese — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:11:06 +0000

All week on World Cafe with David Dye, the Sense of Place series is exploring the city of Memphis and its musical heritage. Today, David takes a walking tour of Memphis with Brian Venable, guitarist of Lucero. They grab lunch, go record shopping, check out a skateboard shop and stroll through Venable’s neighborhood; watch it in the video below. You can listen to the Sense of Place series on WXPN at 2 p.m. Monday through Friday all this week, or at 7 p.m. on XPN2: Singer-Songwriter Radio.

Sense of Place Memphis – Brian Venable from WXPN FM on Vimeo.

Memphis Sense of Place: David Dye’s top five music venues

David Dye — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:59:43 +0000

Wild Bill's

Here is a variety of clubs and theaters to check out on your Memphis trip. The New Daisy is a large (1000+) showcase theater. Wild Bill’s is a late night Juke Joint that is hard to find anywhere else. Minglewood Hall and Young Avenue Deli will give you an idea of what is happening with young bands. And The Mud Island Ampitheater is a seasonal venue in the middle of the Mississippi.

The New Daisy Theater
330 Beale Street Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 525-8981
http://www.newdaisy.com/

Wild Bill’s
1580 Vollintine Avenue Memphis, TN 38107
(901) 726-5473
http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/tennessee/memphis/33437/wild-bills/nightlife-detail.html

Minglewood Hall
1555 Madison Avenue Memphis, TN 38104
(901) 312-6058
http://www.minglewoodhall.com/

Young Avenue Deli
2119 Young Avenue Memphis, TN 38104
(901) 278-0034
http://www.youngavenuedeli.com/calendar

Mud Island Ampitheater
125 N Front St Memphis, Tennessee
800-507-6507 www.mudisland.com/c-4-amphitheater.aspx

Memphis Sense of Place: Take a video tour of Graceland

John Vettese — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:28:58 +0000

All week on World Cafe with David Dye, the Sense of Place series is exploring the city of Memphis and its musical heritage. Today, we take a video tour of Elvis Presley’s home, Graceland, from the living room to the jungle room. You can listen to the Sense of Place series on WXPN at 2 p.m. Monday through Friday all this week, or at 7 p.m. on XPN2: Singer-Songwriter Radio.