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New episode: Songs & Stories Part 2 LIVE from The Green Room with Cory Branan and Alicja Trout (Alicja-Pop, River City Tanlines)

April 12, 2022

Host J.D. Reager shares an on-stage moment with guests Cory Branan and Alicja Trout (Alicja-Pop, River City Tanlines). This episode was recorded live on March 17, 2022 in Memphis, TN at The Green Room in Crosstown Arts. Available via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts and everywhere fine podcasts are distributed.

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Back to the Light: Songs & Stories – March 17 in Memphis

March 1, 2022

We are overjoyed to announce the upcoming event Back to the Light: Songs & Stories on March 17 in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts. Check out this amazing line-up: GET TICKETS HERE! More info: Join host J.D. Reager for “Back to the Light: Songs & Stories,” featuring performances and conversations with special guests HEELS, Cory Branan, Alicja Trout (of

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Memphis shows January 27-29

January 18, 2022

Back to the Light has THREE (3!) big shows coming up in Memphis! The first features BTTL founder J.D. Reager + the amazing Glorious Abhor and Cryptic Mags. It goes down Thursday January 27 at the Hi-Tone. Up next is the release party for Jeremy Scott‘s Bear Grease on Back to the Light Records! Jeremy and his band will be

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New episode: Howlin’ with Alicja Trout (Alicja-Pop, Sweet Knives, Lost Sounds, River City Tanlines)

November 9, 2021

Host J.D. Reager talks to musician Alicja Trout about her love of analog synthesizers, collaborating with her husband Severin in the new band Sharkteef, the volatility of the Lost Sounds, continuing the Lost Sounds legacy in Sweet Knives, touring Europe with River City Tanlines, her brief collaboration with Love’s Arthur Lee, and the new Alicja-Pop album Howlin’. J.D. also spins

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New episode: Live From The Tambourine Bash with Bailey Bigger, Steve Selvidge (The Hold Steady), Elizabeth Cawein (Music Export Memphis), Andrew Geraci (Alicja-Pop) and Chris Davenport (San Salida)

November 2, 2021

Host J.D. Reager chats with guests Bailey Bigger, Steve Selvidge (The Hold Steady, Bash & Pop), Elizabeth Cawein (Music Export Memphis), Andrew Geraci (Alicja-Pop, San Salida) and Chris Davenport (San Salida) on location at the Levitt Shell during The Tambourine Bash, an annual fundraiser for Music Export Memphis. J.D. also shares a live performance from the evening – Selvidge’s “Lazarus”

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