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Orion Free Concert Series: Memphis Power Pop Presents Matthew Sweet, The Sonny Wilsons, and Abe Partridge

Overton Park Shell 1928 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN

Festival Schedule: 5:20-5:40: Abe Partridge 5:45-6:30: The Sonny Wilsons 7:00-8:30: Matthew Sweet About Matthew Sweet: Matthew Sweet moved to Athens, GA at the urging of his pen pal, R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe in the early 1980s. Sweet honed his craft in the flourishing alternative rock scene playing with Oh-OK, Lloyd Cole, the Golden Palominos, Buzz of Delight, […]

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Orion Free Concert Series: The Arcadian Wild

Overton Park Shell 1928 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN

About the Artist: The Arcadian Wild is a four-piece indie folk/pop group from Nashville, TN. Led by songwriters Isaac Horn and Lincoln Mick and Bailey Warren on fiddle, The Arcadian Wild confidently inhabits and explores an intersection of genre, blending the traditional with the contemporary.  Combining elements of progressive bluegrass, folk, and formal vocal music, […]

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Orion Free Concert Series: Cyrena Wages

Overton Park Shell 1928 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN

About the Artist: “The Wages’ were run out of North Carolina for stealing horses and other boorish behavior. We settled in North Mississippi and evolved into three groups: the preachers; the drunks and the outlaws; and then kind of a mid-range group. I came from the mid-range group.” Cyrena Wages fell in love with music […]

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