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SUMMARY:Orion Financial Free Concert Series: Steph Strings
DESCRIPTION:Steph Strings is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist whose music bridges the gap between the intimate and the expansive. Known for her unique ability to tell stories through her instrument\, Steph’s signature sound fuses intricate fingerstyle guitar\, percussive rhythms\, and earthy\, organic textures with lyrics that balance vulnerability with strength.  \n\n\n\nEmerging from the Australian music scene as a distinct force in contemporary folk and roots\, Steph has built a reputation as a captivating live performer. Whether playing to a festival crowd or an intimate room\, she possesses the rare ability to hold an audience spellbound with just her guitar and voice. Her dynamic performances have led to a string of sold-out headline shows and a rapidly growing fanbase across the UK\, Europe\, and beyond.  \n\n\n\nMore than just a musician\, Steph Strings is a storyteller who reminds audiences of music’s power to heal and connect. As she continues to tour globally and share her craft\, she remains grounded in authenticity\, emotion\, and a passion for making people feel alive. 
URL:https://overtonpark.org/event/orion-financial-free-concert-series-steph-strings/
LOCATION:Overton Park Shell\, 1928 Poplar Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104
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SUMMARY:Orion Financial Free Concert Series: Mustang McGee
DESCRIPTION:Mustang McGee is a mustachioed bassist who identifies as a horse.   He is known for his energetic presence on stage as a member of Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country.  In his solo song writing efforts\, Mustang explores melodically and lyrically driven soul\, rock\, and folk music.  Drawing influence from decades of soulful music\, he creates post-modern sonic scenes that leave you asking “when was this made?”    \n\n\n\nIn October 2024\, Mustang released his first cosmic collaborations: “Ten Feet of Rope” and “Free Wheelin’.” Recorded quickly at Nashville’s Welcome to 1979 studio\, these tracks capture the raw\, live energy of Cosmic Country and showcase its signature swinging sound.  \n\n\n\nMay of  2025\, Mustang  released his debut full-length album\, “Horseplay.” Recorded at the legendary Royal Studios in Memphis with producer Boo Mitchell\, the album channels the soulful essence of the space that brought Al Green’s classics to life. The record is a fiery\, romantic collection of songs that reflect years of creative growth. Featuring singles like “Where You Found Me” and “For a Long Time\,” the album spans psychedelic folk\, Southern rock\, soulful ballads\, and quirky pop\, blending vintage vibes with timeless grooves. 
URL:https://overtonpark.org/event/orion-financial-free-concert-series-mustang-mcgee/
LOCATION:Overton Park Shell\, 1928 Poplar Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104
CATEGORIES:Concert
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SUMMARY:Orion Financial Free Concert Series: The Lone Bellow
DESCRIPTION:With their upcoming sixth studio album\, “What A Time To Be Alive” \, The Lone Bellow embarks on a bold new chapter while honoring the deep bonds that have defined their journey. Written collaboratively for the first time with their full touring band—founding members Zach Williams\, Brian Elmquist\, and Kanene Pipkin joined by drummer Julian Dorio and multi-instrumentalist Tyler Geertsma—the album channels the raw\, ecstatic energy of the band’s live show into a dynamic collection of songs that pulse with warmth\, honesty\, and human connection. \n\n\n\nRecorded live in Muscle Shoals\, AL\, after a writing retreat in a converted Kentucky firehouse\, the album is both a celebration and a reckoning: of friendship\, loss\, love\, and resilience. From the gritty\, Stones-tinged opener “After The Rain” to the soul-stirring closer “What A Time To Be Alive\,” the record captures the joy and vulnerability that have long defined The Lone Bellow’s sound—lush harmonies\, heartfelt lyrics\, and genre-blurring arrangements steeped in folk\, rock\, and gospel. \n\n\n\nThe album’s creation was marked by setbacks\, including the theft of early recordings\, but the outpouring of support from their fanbase reaffirmed what the band has always known: their music is a shared experience. That spirit echoes throughout the album\, whether in anthems like “Common Folk” and “I’m Here For You\,” or in intimate reflections like “You Were Leaving” and “Night Goes Black.” \n\n\n\nSince their acclaimed 2013 debut\, The Lone Bellow has appeared on The Tonight Show\, Austin City Limits\, and The Late Show\, topped Americana charts\, and headlined storied venues from Carnegie Hall to the Ryman Auditorium. But with their next album\, they reaffirm their commitment not just to making music\, but to building community—on stage\, in song\, and around the table.
URL:https://overtonpark.org/event/orion-financial-free-concert-series-the-lone-bellow/
LOCATION:Overton Park Shell\, 1928 Poplar Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104
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SUMMARY:Orion Financial Free Concert Series: Deanté Hitchcock
DESCRIPTION:Deante Hitchcock doesn’t just want to make good and timeless hip-hop music. He wants to use it as a vehicle to capture the purest and most honest emotion that most rappers won’t: love. \n\n\n\nThe  exceptional  emcee’s  upcoming  sophomore  LP\,  Once  Upon  A  Time  (ByStorm Entertainment/RCA Records)\,” departs from his knack for delivering introspective\, witty lyrical gymnastics on past cuts like “Wide Open\,” “How TF” and “I Got Money Now” in favor of a more melodic\, harmonic collection of songs that puts love front and center. Inspired primarily by his relationship with his girlfriend\, Once Upon A Time is a 16-song journey into the emotional rollercoaster that he experienced with his romantic partner and the birth of their infant son\, Otto Saint Hitchcock. \n\n\n\n“This is the season in life that I’m trying to figure out how to balance everything\,” Hitchcock said. “Between music\, a relationship\, even beyond just a child\, me and shawty still matter. Our relationship matters and us apart from our relationship as individuals. We’re parents now\, so we can’t get lost in parenthood. That can’t be our only identity.” \n\n\n\nFor inspiration\, Hitchcock was determined to create a concept project in the same vein as Kendrick Lamar’s good kid\, M.A.A.D. city or The Game’s The Documentary\, themed like T.I.’s King or Frank Ocean’s Nostalgia\, Ultra\, but using similar vocal stylings as Smino and The Weeknd. He tapped in with producers like Arsenio Archer (Summer Walker\, Mary J. Blige\, Trey Songz) and SlimWav (Diddy\, 6LACK) along with his chief collaborator Brandon Phillips-Taylor to create an arc that’s transparent yet complex about the uncertainties that men like Hitchcock face but haven’t expressed those emotions to the women in their lives. \n\n\n\nOnce Upon A Time’s dreamy opener\, “Time of Their Lives\,” pilots Hitchcock’s coming-of-age story with its haunting\, psychedelic vocals. With its bouncing beat\, “Whoa!” chronicles the joys of bachelorhood before being caught by surprise by feelings beyond physical attraction\, while the rapper talks about getting to know one another on “Zodiac (feat. Shamba).” \n\n\n\n“We’ve seen different seasons in each other’s lives\, and we’ve been able to learn each other\,” Hitchcock said. “This is what I put down because I’ve lived this shit. That first ‘I love you’ was scary as hell. The feelings are a little bit more intense than I thought they were\, but I wasn’t ready to put that out there yet. A lot of times\, people aren’t ready to jump ship. It’s tough\, but commitment is tough.” \n\n\n\nHitchcock starts to get vulnerable and resists the temptation of commitment on Once Upon A Time with the acoustic guitar-driven “Alone” before he comes to terms with those feelings on “2 Special (feat. David Fuller)\,” “U Were Right I Was Wrong” and “Callin’ (feat. Big K.R.I.T. and Westside Boogie)”. “May 26 (feat. Samoht)\,” the album’s gut-punching closer written in Hitchcock’s home studio\, revisits the moment he got confirmation that he was going to become a daddy. \n\n\n\n“Since he got here\, that’s the star of the show\,” Hitchcock said. “Whatever he wants. If he wants to play at any point in time\, anything I’m doing stops.” \n\n\n\nThe road to making Once Upon A Time started in late 2020 when the clever wordsmith started making songs with no concept in mind. Hitchcock hadn’t toured since 2019 when he hit the road with rapper Wale and multi-talented performer Jidenna but was determined to keep his stride. Despite the coronavirus pandemic forcing the world to shut down and shelter in place in March \n\n\n\n2020\, he dropped his full-length major label debut\, BETTER\, two months later. \n\n\n\nHitchcock put out Live from Quarantine at the top of 2021\, immediately followed by the raunchy\, Valentine’s Day-themed EP Everyday the 14th in February 2022. “I was just trying to stay in folks’ faces\,” the rapper said. “If I had to perform from somebody else’s couch in their living room\, I was gonna lose my shit. I was so tired of quarantine in general. To be able to get a stage even though there was no crowd\, still feeling like a show is amazing.” \n\n\n\nHitchcock thought about all of the women in his life – his girlfriend\, mother\, grandmother\, and his best friend\, coincidentally all Cancers – and wanted Once Upon A Time\, especially the tracks “Helluva Woman” and “Royal (feat. DRAM & The Riverdale Love Choir)” to act as the counter-narrative to the toxic masculinity found throughout popular music. He recently launched The Mother God Project as a platform to help and support women from his community in starting their own businesses. The rapper partnered with the Atlanta-based nonprofit Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE’s) Women’s Business Center to offer LLC registration and training for women entrepreneurs. So far\, Hitchcock’s efforts have helped 70 women go through the program. It’s a way for Hitchcock\, a child of divorce by age seven who was raised around two aunts and a slew of his mother’s female friends\, to acknowledge the women similar to his relatives who deserve a chance. \n\n\n\n“Most of the time I spent growing up was around women\,” he said. “My mom\, who is a nurse\, had some shit she wanted to do when I was 15\, and she just couldn’t do it because she didn’t have money for it and had two kids to raise. I’ve had some very important people in my life\, and \n\n\n\nI pulled from them a lot. \n\n\n\nBorn a Grady Baby on the westside of Atlanta on March 10\, 1993 but raised on the southside in Riverdale\, Georgia\, Hitchcock started rapping when he was 12 years old after learning how to spit rhymes from one of his uncles. The Pisces man briefly attended Georgia Southern University\, majoring in pre-med/biology but realized music was his calling. The aspiring artist purchased a camera and started dropping weekly freestyles\, New Atlanta Tuesdays\, with one of his classmates. Those videos shot from his dorm room started going viral: forcing Hitchcock to drop out of college to pursue his music full-time. \n\n\n\nReleasing his first mixtape\, 19 Summers\, in September 2012\, Hitchcock consistently dropped freestyles on Twitter. In 2015\, he released a follow-up mixtape\, Wishful Thinking\, another one\, Good\, in 2016\, and came back with So Much for Good Luck in 2017. Hitchcock teamed up with rapper Childish Major for an EP\, Just a Sample 2\, in 2019. It wasn’t long before the rapper started getting cosigns from hip-hop personalities like Charlamagne tha God\, Wale\, and ByStorm Entertainment founder Mark Pitts in his Instagram direct messages. \n\n\n\nThe stars kept aligning for Hitchcock. His feature on “PTSD” with Omen\, Mereba\, and St. Beauty from the Dreamville Records compilation Revenge of the Dreamers III in 2019 earned the charismatic talent his first-ever Grammy nomination. His buzz and talents led to Hitchcock becoming the opener on tour for JID\, Rapsody\, Mikayla 47\, 6LACK\, Wale\, and Jidenna well before he even released his own album. \n\n\n\nHitchcock prides himself on bringing versatility and vulnerability to his music. Reshifting his energy and subject matter to make Once Upon A Time doesn’t even feel like a two-year process. The artist is proud of making a collection of songs that can act as both a cautionary tale for his son’s future relationships as an adult and an opportunity for him to evolve as an artist musically.
URL:https://overtonpark.org/event/orion-financial-free-concert-series-deante-hitchcock/
LOCATION:Overton Park Shell\, 1928 Poplar Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104
CATEGORIES:Concert
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SUMMARY:Orion Financial Free Concert Series: Brezay
DESCRIPTION:Brezay is a Memphis-born recording artist\, designer\, and founder of the streetwear brand Brezerk known for her genre-blending sound and dynamic stage presence. Embracing the title “Genre Queen\,” her music moves effortlessly across hip-hop\, pop\, R&B\, and melodic rap\, reflecting the versatility and creativity at the core of her artistry. Beyond music\, Brezay merges fashion and performance through her brand and major collaborations\, including live activations with the Memphis Grizzlies. As both an artist and entrepreneur\, she continues to build a movement centered on creativity\, individuality\, and Memphis culture. 
URL:https://overtonpark.org/event/orion-financial-free-concert-series-brezay/
LOCATION:Overton Park Shell\, 1928 Poplar Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104
CATEGORIES:Concert
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SUMMARY:Orion Financial Free Concert Series: Brother Wallace
DESCRIPTION:A true force of nature\, Brother Wallace was born to make music that ignites pure joy\, even in the darkest of moments. Since getting his start playing piano in church at 11 years old\, the Georgia-bred artist has followed his lifelong passion down an extraordinary path that spans from sharing the stage with gospel legend Kirk Franklin to performing at historic venues like Madison Square Garden as a background vocalist for globally adored rock band The Heavy. Over the past few years\, Brother Wallace has teamed up with The Heavy guitarist Dan Taylor in dreaming up a body of work built on his electrifying brand of soul music\, all while continuing his longtime job as a K-12 music teacher. Newly signed to ATO Records\, Wallace is now set to release a one-of-a-kind album revealing the transcendent power and life-affirming impact of his timeless yet daring artistry. 
URL:https://overtonpark.org/event/orion-financial-free-concert-series-brother-wallace/
LOCATION:Overton Park Shell\, 1928 Poplar Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104
CATEGORIES:Concert
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SUMMARY:Orion Financial Free Concert Series: FreeWorld
DESCRIPTION:FreeWorld is an independent\, ever-evolving\, Memphis-based musical ensemble that draws from influences as broad-based as Booker T. & the M.G.’s\, Steely Dan\, Chicago\, John Coltrane and Miles Davis\, Frank Zappa\, The Grateful Dead\, Bob Marley\, and The Meters. These brothers under one multicultural groove have remained a consistently entertaining and informed voice on the Memphis music scene since the group’s inception in 1987.  \n\n\n\nFreeWorld was honored to receive a coveted Brass Note on the Beale Street Walk of Fame in 2012\, and they’ve also had the honor and privilege of sharing the stage with a wide variety of musical legends over the years\, including Levon Helm\, The Memphis Horns\, Billy Preston\, Bootsy Collins\, Richie Havens\, Blues Traveler\, Derek Trucks\, Hot Tuna\, Los Lobos\, Dr. John\, Timothy Leary\, The Bar-Kays\, Ann Peebles\, Steve Cropper\, James Cotton\, Mojo Buford\, Jimmie Vaughan & Double Trouble\, Kenny Wayne Shepherd\, Jonny Lang\, Jim Belushi\, and Widespread Panic just to name a few.  \n\n\n\nFreeWorld’s 8th album\, “More Love”\, showcases the band at a creative high point\, with a set of new songs that covers the gamut of their musical breadth and originality. Recorded\, mixed and mastered by Grammy Award nominated audio engineers Kevin Houston\, Ari Morris\, and Brad Blackwood – and with the added bonus of an Atmos surround sound mix of the song “Rush Hour” available online – the overall audio quality of the album is state-of-the-art\, and the broad cross section of musical styles and genres that FreeWorld is famous for playing during their extended live sets on Beale Street all blend together effortlessly across the entire album. In addition\, featured cameo appearances from over a dozen special guests and FreeWorld alumni – including the Tennessee Mass Choir on the title track – only add to the fullness and richness of the songwriting craft displayed on the album\, and further showcase the quality of the musicianship and the deep camaraderie that flourishes within the extended FreeWorld family.  \n\n\n\nFreeWorld’s new album also includes the audio track from their recent\, award-winning music video\, “D-Up (Here’s To Diversity)”\, which took multiple 1st place awards in various international film festivals and global music video award contests in 2022\, and also features the four surviving original FreeWorld band members from 1987 on a song entitled “Red Moon”\, composed by their legendary founding father\, Dr. Herman Green.  \n\n\n\nFreeWorld is also proud to once again feature an amazing piece of custom art by Memphis painter/muralist David Lynch on the cover of “More Love”.  \n\n\n\nKeep your eyes & ears tuned to FreeWorld throughout 2026 and beyond\, as their latest studio album\, “More Love”\, marks yet another proud milestone in the band’s musical odyssey that now spans almost 40 years. 
URL:https://overtonpark.org/event/orion-financial-free-concert-series-freeworld/
LOCATION:Overton Park Shell\, 1928 Poplar Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104
CATEGORIES:Concert
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SUMMARY:Orion Financial Free Concert Series: Stax Music Academy Summer Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Stax Music Academy inspires young people and enhances their academic\, cognitive\, performance\, and leadership skills by utilizing music with an intense focus on the rich legacy and tradition of Stax Records. \n\n\n\nVision \n\n\n\nStax Music Academy exists to nurture and present the next generation of great Soul Communicators from the greater Soulsville region\, holistically equipping them to excel and to impact the world through the universal language of music. \n\n\n\nMemphis has given the world some of its most memorable melodies. But whether it’s blues\, gospel\, rock-and-roll\, or R&B\, the one thing Memphis music has always had is plenty of is soul. \n\n\n\nAt Stax Music Academy (SMA)\, a registered 501 (c) 3 nonprofit\, we are helping instill soul in the next generation of Memphis artists. SMA is an after school and summer music institute located adjacent to the home of the legendary ’60s-’70s soul record label Stax Records\, now the Stax Museum of American Soul Music. \n\n\n\nFounded in 2000\, SMA exists to continue the legacy of Stax by nurturing the musicians of tomorrow. \n\n\n\nStax Music Academy students take classes in music theory\, preparing them to read music with proficiency\, read and perform all twelve major and minor scales\, and apply harmonic analysis to a musical selection. Students are required to participate in moderated juries at the end of each semester that tests both their performance acumen and their western theoretical grasp of music. Students learn the art of storytelling and composition to create their own music plus music business to assure each young artist understands how to make a living in music. Success is defined individually for each student\, \n\n\n\nOur programs teach more than notes\, however. Stax Music Academy helps students enhance their character by teaching skills in leadership\, teamwork\, and discipline. The end goal is to prepare graduates for post-primary success regardless of path\, whether it be attending college or entering the music workforce. \n\n\n\nSince its founding\, Stax Music Academy has graduated more than 4\,000 students. Since 2008\, every high school senior has been accepted to a college or university\, many on full scholarships. Academy alumni can be heard around the world\, teaching\, performing\, recording\, and more at the highest levels of the music industry.
URL:https://overtonpark.org/event/orion-financial-free-concert-series-stax-music-academy-summer-showcase/
LOCATION:Overton Park Shell\, 1928 Poplar Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104
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