Music Export Memphis became more than just an idea on paper in 2016 at AmericanaFest, an annual gathering of musicians, industry and media in roots and Americana music. On Sept.…
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2018-2019 When I first came back to Memphis after living in D.C. and then NYC, I was making music but I felt like a loner. I wanted women in my…
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2018-2019 I’m lucky to have a lot of firsts in my Music Export Memphis story – starting with one of my earliest tours in 2018, when I received one of…
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2023 By the time we put on our first show as Mak Ro in 2023, we’d been in the studio making music for four years. It was time to figure…
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2020 The start of our Music Export Memphis story is kind of funny – the first grant we got was in 2020, it was for an east coast tour we…
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2017 Marcella’s Music Export Memphis story goes all the way back, almost to the very beginning: she showcased with MEM at our second-ever event, a day party at SXSW in…
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Memphis Charts a Bold Future for Its Music Industry with Landmark StrategyCity Unveils First-Ever Comprehensive Music Strategy and Economic Impact Study, Highlighting a $721.6M Industry and Path for Growth MEMPHIS,…
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"I don't know Memphis music without Alicja Trout." MEM Executive Director Elizabeth Cawein shared this in the first few minutes of this episode of Export 101, before getting a crash…
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ARTSmemphis and Music Export Memphis Announce Artist Emergency Fund to Support Local Artists During Unexpected Catastrophe MEMPHIS—ARTSmemphis, the Mid-South’s primary arts funder, and Music Export Memphis, a nonprofit export office…
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Blvck Hippie have been touring relentlessly forever – or at least it feels that way sometimes. In this episode of Export 101, we get into the specifics on how the…
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