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April 01, 2020The Lovelight Orchestra, Plus Religion and the Blues on Beale Street Caravan – Monday at 11pm
The Lovelight Orchestra are Blues Music Award-winner John Nemeth on vocals, Joe Restivo on guitar, Tim Goodwin on bass, Earl Lowe on drums, Gerald Stephens on keys, and a five-piece horn section that includes Marc Franklin, Scott Thompson, Art Edmiston, Jason Yasinksy, and Kirk Smothers. William… -
March 11, 2020Rev. Sekou and the Freedom Fighters on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
This week on Beale Street Caravan we feature activist, theologian, filmmaker, and musician, Rev. Sekou and the Freedom Fighters, supported by the Tennessee Mass Choir, in an electrifying performance marking the release of his new, live album titled, “When We Fight We Win - Live In Memphis” recorded… -
March 03, 2020Lucky 7 Brass Band on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have the energetic sounds of the Lucky 7 Brass Band. Also, Grammy-nominated blues man, Guy Davis, will be with us to deliver an installment of the Blues Hall of Fame, an exploration of the lives of the pioneers and innovators enshrined in the Blues Hall of Fame,… -
February 12, 2020Singing For A Worthy Cause: Protect Our Aquifer on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have a star-studded lineup, joined together for an important cause: to defend the integrity of Memphis’ drinking water. Maria Muldaur, Ruthie Foster, Dom Flemons, and longtime close friend of the show Guy Davis all got together for one night in Memphis to sing,… -
February 04, 2020Those Pretty Wrongs on the Next Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have Those Pretty Wrongs featuring Jody Stephens of the legendary band, Big Star, and Luther Russell, formerly of The Freewheelers. Grammy-nominated blues man, Guy Davis, will be with us to deliver an installment of the Blues Hall of Fame, an exploration of the… -
January 08, 2020You’ll Hear The Knights of Jazz on Beale Street Caravan – Thursday at 11pm
The Knights of Jazz is led by trumpeter Paul McKinney, whose smooth jazz style is inspired by the likes of George Duke, Miles Davis and Memphis’ own Kirk Whalum. Grammy nominated blues man, Guy Davis, will be with us to deliver an installment of the Blues Hall of Fame, an exploration of the lives… -
Jan 01, 2020This Week, Robert Cray and Renowned Drummer and Producer Steve Jordan on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
This week’s episode celebrates quite an amazing collaboration of musical talent and genius. We are talking about five-time Grammy award winner Robert… -
Oct 16, 2019Todd Snider, Guy Davis, and More on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have acclaimed singer-songwriter Todd Snider. Grammy-nominated blues man, Guy Davis, will be with us to deliver… -
Oct 02, 2019The Love Light Orchestra on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
The Lovelight Orchestra are Blues Music Award-winner John Nemeth on vocals, Joe Restivo on guitar, Tim Goodwin on bass, Earl Lowe on drums, Gerald… -
Sep 25, 20192019 Blues Music Awards on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
This week on the program we celebrate the biggest night in blues, the 2019 Blues Music Awards (BMA) presented by The Blues Foundation. The BMAs… -
Sep 18, 2019Black Cream on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
This week on Beale Street Caravan we’ve got one of the newest, most exciting groups on the Memphis scene, Black Cream. The band joined together two… -
Sep 11, 2019Jericho Road Show on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
This week on BSC we feature a performance by Jericho Road Show from the Mighty Mississippi Music Fest during Bridging the Blues. The group is a… -
Sep 04, 2019The 2019 International Blues Challenge Finals on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have the Finals of the 2019 International Blues Challenge. For 35 years, blues societies from all over the world… -
Aug 28, 2019Mellotron Variations and Hunt Sales on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 9pm
This week on the program we have Mellotron Variations. An instrumental project built around one of the most unique instruments ever conceived. We’ll… -
Aug 21, 2019Hill Country Blues Torch-Bearer R. L. Boyce on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have hill country blues torch-bearer R. L. Boyce at his 2nd Annual Birthday Picnic in Como, Mississippi.… -
Aug 14, 2019Dale Watson This Week on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have country bad boy Dale Watson. Watson is fresh off the release of February’s “Call Me Lucky,” an album he cut… -
Aug 07, 2019The McCrary Sisters on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
This week, we feature Gospel stars, The McCrary Sisters. Their father, Sam McCrary, was a minister and founder of Gospel legends, The Fairfield Four.… -
Jul 24, 2019Kenny Brown on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
This week we have the reigning King of the Hill Country, Kenny Brown, with an incendiary set of gut bucket, hip-shaking blues at the Hill Country… -
Jul 17, 2019Jack Oblivian and The Wild Magnolia Mardi Gras Indians on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
Join us as we celebrate Memphis/New Orleans restauranteur (and BSC community partner) Karen Carrier's 15th year bringing great music and food to… -
Jul 10, 2019Robert Cray with Hi Rhythm on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
This week’s episode celebrates quite an amazing collaboration of musical talent and genius. We are talking about five-time Grammy award winner Robert… -
Jul 02, 2019Brian Owens & The Deacons of Soul on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
This week we have the highly anticipated Brian Owens & The Deacons of Soul in a live performance captured at the Levitt Shell. Brian Owens comes to… -
Jun 26, 2019Eric Hughes on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
If you’ve ever found yourself walking down Beale Street in search of real deal, authentic blues music, chances are your ears led you into a club… -
Jun 19, 2019Robert Finley on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
Robert Finley got his big break at last year’s King Biscuit Blues Festival when he talked the sound engineer into letting him get on stage in between… -
Jun 12, 2019Willie Farmer and Jimbo Mathus on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
Jimbo Mathus (via Facebook)This week on Beale Street Caravan we have Willie Farmer and Jimbo Mathus at Bar DKDC in Memphis, TN. We also catch up with… -
Jun 05, 2019The Love Light Orchestra on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm
The Lovelight Orchestra -- Blues Music Award-winner John Nemeth on vocals, Joe Restivo on guitar, Tim Goodwin on bass, Earl Lowe on drums, Gerald… -
Apr 02, 2019Low Cut Connie on Beale Street Caravan - Wednesday at 11 pm
This week on Beale Street Caravan we feature rock ‘n’ rollers, Low Cut Connie. -
Feb 26, 2019Jana Jana and McKenna Bray on Beale Street Caravan - Tonight at 11 pm
It’s ladies only this week on Beale Street Caravan as we feature two up and coming female artists from Memphis, both with new records to celebrate. -
Feb 05, 2019It's Jericho Road Show on Beale Street Caravan - Wednesday at 11 pm
This week on BSC we feature a performance by Jericho Road Show from the Mighty Mississippi Music Fest during Bridging the Blues. -
Dec 11, 2018The Maitre D's Bring Booker T. & The MG’s The Christmas Spirit to Life - Tonight at 11 pm
It's a holiday episode of Beale Street Caravan, featuring The Maitre D's bringing Booker T. -
Oct 30, 2018This Week the Soulful Grooves of Yemen Blues, plus Guy Davis on Beale Street Caravan – Tonight at 11
This week on the program we feature the deep, soulful grooves of Yemen Blues. -
Sep 18, 2018The “Juke Joint Duo” Cedric Burnside & Lightnin’ Malcolm on Beale Street Caravan - Wednesday @ 11 pm
To blues lovers around the globe, The Juke Joint Duo -- Cedric Burnside and Lightnin’ Malcolm -- embodied the spirit of North Mississippi Hill… -
Sep 11, 2018Members Only: A Tribute to Bobby Blue Bland on Beale Street Caravan – Tonight at 11 pm
This week on the Caravan we have Members Only: A Tribute to Bobby Blue Bland. -
Sep 04, 2018Pat Mitchell Interviews Liz Brasher on Beale Street Caravan – Tonight at 11 pm
This week we feature Fat Possum recording artist, Liz Brasher, who recently moved to Memphis and is celebrating the release of her latest album,… -
Aug 28, 2018Remembering Blues Legend Little Milton on Beale Street Caravan - Tonight at 11 pm
Archived recordings and interviews from the Beale Street Caravan vault, remembering Blues legend Little Milton. -
Aug 21, 2018Bobby Rush Performs Live in Paradise on the Next Beale Street Caravan – Tonight at 11 pm
This week on BSC we go back in the archives with Grammy winner and blues legend Bobby Rush in a performance at the 2017 grand reopening of the… -
Aug 13, 2018Remembering Bluesman Leo “Bud” Welch on the Next Beale Street Caravan – Tonight at 11 pm
Bluesman Leo “Bud” Welch passed away December 19, 2017 at the age of 85. -
Aug 07, 2018The Maitre D’s Tribute to McLemore Avenue on Beale Street Caravan – Tonight at 11 pm
In early 1970, Booker T Jones was on sabbatical in California having grown disillusioned with the confines of Stax Records and Memphis, when he heard… -
Jul 31, 2018The North Mississippi Allstars on the Next Beale Street Caravan - Tonight at 11 pm
This week we feature a hometown performance by the North Mississippi Allstars – Luther Dickinson and Cody Dickinson – at the Levitt Shell in Midtown,… -
Jul 24, 2018Reverend John Wilkins on Beale Street Caravan – Tonight at 11 pm
Reverend John Wilkins in a performance at the Country Blues Festival, recorded live at the Levitt Shell in midtown Memphis, TN. -
Jul 17, 2018New Orleans and Memphis Collide on Beale Street Caravan – Tonight at 11 pm
Join us as we celebrate Memphis/New Orleans restaurateur (and BSC community partner) Karen Carrier's 15th year bringing great music and food to… -
Jul 10, 2018Roots Artist Shannon McNally, Plus the History of Hi Records on Beale Street Caravan – Tonight at 11
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have southern roots artist, Shannon McNally. -
Jul 03, 2018Don Bryant on This Week’s Beale Street Caravan – Tonight at 11 pm
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have soul music legend and Fat Possum Records recording artist, Don Bryant. -
Jun 26, 2018An Archived Performance and Interview With Rufus and Carla Thomas on BSC – Tonight at 10 pm
From the BSC vault, we'll hear an archived performance and interview with Rufus and Carla Thomas. -
Jun 19, 2018The Bo-Keys, Floyd Newman, and Reba Russell on Beale Street Caravan – Tonight at 11 pm
We have a lot in store for you this week on BSC! First, we have The Bo-Keys performing in Studio A of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music. -
Jun 12, 2018Love Light Orchestra on Beale Street Caravan – Tonight at 11 pm
It's real-deal Memphis Blues... the kind of sophisticated blues and jazz sounds you would have heard floating from the windows of The Palace on Beale… -
Jun 05, 2018Members Only: A Tribute to Bobby Blue Bland – Beale Street Caravan Tonight at 11 pm
This week on the Caravan we have Members Only: A Tribute to Bobby Blue Bland. -
May 29, 2018Mellotron Variations, Hunt Sales, and Jim Spake is Back on Beale Street Caravan - Tonight at 11 pm
This week on the program we have Mellotron Variations. An instrumental project built around one of the most unique instruments ever conceived. -
May 22, 2018Beale Street Caravan Visits the Ameripolitan Music Awards – Tonight at 11 pm
This week we feature highlights from Dale Watson’s 2018 Ameripolitan Music Awards, held in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Apr 12, 2018"Motel Mirrors" - Beale Street Caravan, Tuesday April 17th @ 11 pm
Tuesday night on Beale Street Caravan: Beale Street Caravan features Memphis’ own Motel Mirrors as they celebrate the release of their newest studio… -
Mar 05, 2018Remembering Little Milton - Beale Street Caravan, Tuesday March 6th @ 11pm
This week we unlock the Beale Street Caravan vault to remember Blues legend, James Milton Campbell Jr.
A Novel Idea
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March 27, 2020Margaret Wilkerson Sexton and Jessica Winters Mireles on A Novel Idea – Sunday at 10am
Suzanne M. Lang talks with two authors whose novels reflect on gender and family, race and ethnicity, and the effects of heritage on American culture Margaret Wilkerson Sexton talks about her NAACP Image Award-winning novel The Revisioners, a multi-generational story set in Louisiana that is real… -
February 29, 2020Joan Frank - Try to Get Lost, Essays on Travel and Place - A Novel Idea Sunday @ 10 am
Try to Get Lost! We continue celebrating the work of Joan Frank. We recently featured her book of four novellas, Where You’re All Going. Now we travel with her in Try to Get Lost, Essays on Travel and Place. This is no ordinary “travel writing”, but a journey into who Joan is and who we are as… -
January 31, 2020Joan Frank Shares Her Wit and Insight on A Novel Idea – Sunday at 10am
This week on A Novel Idea, richly drawn characters, vivid language, and compelling pace and story create the most satisfying literary experience for readers, and this is what Joan Frank always delivers. Suzanne M. Lang welcomes Joan’s wit and insight, and her luscious conversation on her recent… -
January 03, 2020Journalist and Author Susan Swartz Joins Suzanne on A Novel Idea – Sunday at 10am
Death and dementia aren’t all that funny, but really, sometimes they are, especially when we open ourselves up to the conversation. Journalist Susan Swartz has published her first novel, Laughing in the Dark, that is all about navigating life's challenges in the company of friends and family.… -
December 27, 2019Two Favorites from 2019 This Month on A Novel Idea – Sunday at 10am
On this final week of this last month of the decade, we bring you two favorite conversations of this past year. Both people’s courage, tenacity, and grace inspire. Brian Fies talks about his graphic novel, A Fire Story; also joining Suzanne M Lang in conversation is Ruth L Rotary on her memoir, The… -
November 29, 2019Peter Mehlman Takes on Gender Politics in his New Book #MeAsWell on A Novel Idea - Sunday at 10am
#MeAsWell , a novel by Peter Mehlman takes on gender politics, race, and the ubiquitous control of Social Media on our lives. Mehlman was a sports writer when he began working for legendary sports journalist Howard Cosell. He was also a writer and producer of Seinfeld and joins Suzanne Lang in… -
Nov 01, 2019Roberto Tejada, Plus Russian River Poet Pat Nolan Join Suzanne M. Lang for A Novel Idea – Sunday at 10am
Roberto Tejada’s Still Nowhere in an Empty Vastness is expansive in its range: from accounts of conquistador castaway Cabeza de Vaca, to the media… -
Oct 04, 2019Author and Musician Amy Edwards on A Novel Idea at its New Time – Sunday at 10am
ReInvention! Amy Edwards does it, again and again. From Austin, Texas, Edwards is a musician, hosts a podcast, and now is a novelist with the… -
Sep 27, 2019Jonah Raskin Joins Suzanne Lang on A Novel Idea – Sunday at 4pm
Dark Day, Dark Night is Jonah Raskin's sequel to Dark Land, Dark Mirror, where we were first introduced to Private Investigator, or an Op as she… -
Aug 30, 2019The transHuman Code and Grandmother Power on A Novel Idea – Sunday at 4pm
The Fourth Industrial Revolution. Heard of it? Maybe not, but I guarantee, you’re living in it. Technology and artificial intelligence, genomics and… -
Aug 02, 2019Teacher, Author, and Poet Deborah Tobola on A Novel Idea – Sunday at 4pm
Hummingbird in Underworld, Teaching in a Men’s Prison is poet Deborah Tobola’s memoir of working in the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo… -
Jul 05, 2019Eliot Pattinson in Conversation with Suzanne Lang on A Novel Idea – Sunday at 4pm
Bones of the Earth is the tenth installment in the Inspector Shan mystery series by award winning author Eliot Pattison, whose interest in Tibet and… -
May 30, 2019The Guest Book Author Sarah Blake, and Author Laurie Ann Doyle on A Novel Idea – Sunday at 4 pm
The Guest Book follows three generations of a powerful American family as their wealth declines, examining “not just a privileged American family,… -
May 01, 2019Remarkable Moms on A Novel Idea – Sunday at 4 pm
Mother’s always take their children somewhere in life and on the planet. Dena Moes traveled with her two daughters and husband on a journey of… -
Apr 02, 2019Brian Fies and R. L. Rotary Join Suzanne on A Novel Idea - Sunday at 4 pm
Suzanne M. Lang visits with two Sonoma County writers who bring us their stories of moving beyond adversity. -
Feb 28, 2019Author and Independent Historian Michael Morey on A Novel Idea – Sunday at 4 pm
Author and independent historian Michael Morey’s book, Fagen: An African American Renegade in the Philippine-American War, unpacks American… -
Jan 31, 2019Carol Rosenberger’s Memoir of Musical Survival on A Novel Idea – Sunday at 4 pm
At age twenty-one, while studying music abroad, Carol Rosenberger was struck with polio resulting in paralysis of the very muscles she needed to play… -
Jan 03, 2019Barbara L. Baer and Hilary Moore join Suzanne Lang on A Novel Idea – Sunday at 4 pm
Barbara L. Baer, publisher of Floreant Press and author of two previous novels joins Suzanne M. -
Dec 26, 2018Love, Hate, & Other Filters Author Samira Ahmed Joins Suzanne Lang on A Novel Idea – Sunday at 4 pm
Love, Hate, & Other Filters is Samira Ahmed’s novel of a young Muslim American woman finding her way through contemporary cultural challenges. -
Nov 29, 2018Geologist & Author Thomas E. Cochrane Joins Suzanne Lang on A Novel Idea – Sunday at 4 pm
Oil makes the world go round and geologist Thomas E. Cochran delivers candid and lively remembrances of his life and experience in the American… -
Oct 31, 2018A Former FBI Agent and A NYT Best-Selling Author on A Novel Idea - Sunday November 4th at 4 pm
This moment in history, in culture, in our election cycle demands truth and craves heroes. -
Oct 09, 2018Seaweed Chronicles: A World at the Water’s Edge - A Novel Idea - Sunday October 7th @ 4:00 pm
Seaweed. It plays a vital role in ocean ecology, and also in our health and diet, and in our local and global economies. -
Sep 26, 2018Gregory Crouch Joins Suzanne M. Lang on A Novel Idea - Sunday at 4 pm
Gregory Crouch joins Suzanne M. Lang in conversation on his epic western history of California wealth and the Comstock Lode, bringing focus to one of… -
Aug 29, 2018Authors Cynthia Lim and Susan Avery Stewart on A Novel Idea – Sunday at 4 pm
Suzanne Lang speaks with author Cynthia Lim, whose book Wherever You Are, A Memoir of Love, Marriage, and Brain Injury is an odyssey through loss and… -
Aug 02, 2018Join Jonah Raskin in Conversation with Suzanne M. Lang on A Novel Idea - Sunday at 4 pm
Jonah Raskin has a large and ranging body of non-fiction books and articles and now has come out with a detective fiction of a different order, Dark… -
Jul 28, 2018Bruce Holbert in Conversation With Suzanne Lang at City Lights on A Novel Idea – Today at 4 pm
San Francisco’s City Lights Bookstore, the landmark independent bookstore founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter D. -
Jun 28, 2018Rosemary Manchester in Conversation With Brad Herzog on A Novel Idea – Sunday at 4 pm
A timely encore presentation of Rosemary Manchester in conversation with Brad Herzog, collaborator on Carolyn Goodman’s memoir, My Mantelpiece: a… -
Jun 07, 2018Martin Pucher and Alexandra Chasin, This Week on A Novel Idea – Sunday at 4 pm
From Homer to Harry Potter, literary critic and philosopher Martin Puchner takes the reader on an epic journey through the history of literature, and… -
May 15, 2018Adam Federman, Elaine Khosrova – A Novel Idea, Sunday May 6th @ 4 pm
It’s all about food. Suzanne Lang talks with Adam Federman on his book Fasting and Feasting, the Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray. -
May 15, 2018Bruce Holbert - A Novel Idea, Sunday April 1st @ 4pm
To celebrate the release of Bruce Holbert’s third novel, Whiskey, here is a reprise of two previous conversations between Bruce and Suzanne M Lang on… -
Mar 01, 2018Tamed and Untamed, Close Encounters with the Animal Kind - A Novel Idea, Sunday March 4th @ 4pm
Suzanne Lang talks with two of the world's most celebrated animal writers, Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. -
Feb 01, 2018Barbara Ridley; and Laurie Ann Doyle - this week on A Novel Idea, Sunday @ 4pm
Two California writers who both had long non-literary careers before publishing these heralded first works join Suzanne M. Lang in conversation.… -
Jan 04, 2018Jaime B. Hansen, and Randy Ertll this week on A Novel Idea, Sunday 1/7 @ 4pm
Emerging from the economic consulting and the tech sector, Jaime B. Hansen aims to inspire and empower women through videos, speaking and speaking… -
Dec 27, 2017Val Bodurtha; and Barbara Baer - A Novel Idea - Sunday 12/31 @ 4 pm
History, culture, and strong women are at the core of the two novels, The History Makers by Val Bodurtha and The Ballet Lover by Barbara Baer; these… -
Nov 28, 2017Gin Phillips and Rachel Khong featured this month on A Novel Idea - Sunday December 3rd, 4 pm
This month on A Novel Idea: Featured are two novelists whose books hit big this year. Fierce Kingdom is a thriller of a book by Gin Phillips, which… -
Sep 27, 2017Peter Afrasiabi on A Novel Idea - Sunday October 1st @ 4pm
Top intellectual property and entertainment lawyer Peter Afrasiabi joins Suzanne Lang in conversation on his recent book Burning Bridges, America’s… -
Aug 30, 2017Susan Sherman, and David Boling - Sunday September 3rd @ 4 pm - on A Novel Idea
Historical fiction radiates into the present with two novels featured on A Novel Idea. -
Jul 26, 2017Thais Nye Derich and Cathy Langlois featured this week on A Novel Idea
July 30th on A Novel Idea: Suzanne M. Lang talks with Thais Nye Derich about her path of self-examination and learning to discover that she, like… -
May 31, 2017Shanti Sekaran and Shelby Londyn-Heath featured this month on A Novel Idea
For June, A Novel Idea features two novelists, whose books couldn’t be more different. -
Feb 28, 2017A Novel Idea - Sunday March 5th @ 4 pm
A Novel Idea with Suzanne M. Lang features Jessica Teich with her memoir The Future Tense of Joy. A Rhodes Scholar, Teich happens upon an obituary of… -
Feb 02, 2017A Novel Idea - Sunday February 5th @ 4pm
This month on A Novel Idea: Elite North Koreans struggle to protect themselves and their families in the face of a paraonoid, tyrannical regime in…
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