Cynthia Shearer

Barry Hannah’s Mixtape

By Cynthia Shearer

Eavesdropping on History

By Cynthia Shearer

Sugarfoot Stomp

Fletcher was born with the burden of perfect pitch. Whatever the boy heard, he heard as music

By Cynthia Shearer

The Thinning of Big Mama

Thornton makes it clear: she is not unacquainted with human suffering, but she has no intention of letting it get the upper hand.

By Cynthia Shearer

Celestial Jukebox

One of my first thoughts was of the potential this had to influence American blues, and I was excited at the prospect.

By Cynthia Shearer

Mae Glover’s Songs and Hoodoo

There’s a story here. We will likely never know the whole of it, but her presence in Memphis is marvelous to consider.

By Cynthia Shearer