Minnie’s Taster: Pork Ribs, Smoked Brisket, and Smoked Chicken; BBQ-Seasoned Fries with Three Types of BBQ Sauce: Texas Red, North Carolina Vinegar, and South Carolina Mustard; Scratch Pecan Pie ...

Robert R. Church, Charlie Pride, Willie Herenton, and Memphis Minnie. These are some of the unsung heroes Beale St. Brewing Co. and Artist Anthony Lee wanted to celebrate for Black History Month. It's ...

Born Lizzie Douglas on June 3, 1897, in Algiers, Louisiana, Minnie was the eldest of 13 kids. She grew up near Memphis and began playing the guitar at 10. She hated her name and insisted she be called ...

Why has this musician who recorded over two hundred sides and was well-loved by the Black blues audiences of the '30s and '40s been comparatively ignored by later audiences? Perhaps it's because ...

The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly a million residents. The Flyer was started in 1989 by Contemporary Media, Inc., the locally owned ...

Candice Ivory is more than a little ambitious to conceive and execute an album comprised wholly of material by blues icon Memphis Minnie. But to her credit, she has been quite resourceful in enlisting ...