Sun Studio & Records | Memphis, TN

Founded by Sam Phillips, Sun Records was known for giving notable musicians such as Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, and Johnny Cash their first recording contracts and helping to launch their careers. Prior to those days Sun Records had mainly been noted for recording African-American artists, as Phillips loved Rhythm and Blues and wanted [...]

Gullah Festival | Beaufort, SC

The Gullah Festival showcases the African history and heritage of South Carolina’s Low Country Gullah culture, a blend of West African, European and Native American cultures, which became a way of life for West African slaves living on the Sea Islands off the coast of the South Carolina mainland. The annul event attracts talent [...]

Africa In April Cultural Awareness Festival | Memphis, TN

 
Established in 1986, the Africa In April Cultural Awareness Festival is an annual Memphis celebration that puts focus on various cultures and regions of Africa over a four-day period (during the third week in April ) along Beale Street and throughout downtown Memphis. Arts & crafts, culture, fashions, music, history, economics, education and cuisine all [...]

Center for Southern Folklore | Memphis, TN

Founded in 1972, the Center for Southern Folklore is an American non-profit cultural organization whose mission is “to preserve, defend, protect and promote the music, culture, arts, and rhythms of the South.” The Center produces documentary films and maintains a large archive of video and audio recordings of music and narratives, contemporary and historical photographs, film [...]

Stax Museum of American Soul Music | Memphis, TN

If you are a soul music lover, make sure you get to Soulsville, USA, aka Stax Museum of American Soul Music when you visit Memphis. Built almost to the exact specifications of the original Stax recording studio, housed in the former Capitol Theatre, the Stax Museum features hundreds if not thousands of videos, films, photographs, original instruments [...]

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