HISTORICAL FACTS: Paul young | History Defined

When Memphis went dark, community members brought the light: ‘We keep ourselves safe’

A storm lasting about 30 minutes wreaked $18m in damage and left tens of thousands without power in the US city

The Guardian - US · Sep 5

ICE Arrests 121 at Memphis Nightclub Following Illegal Gambling Warrant: Only 5 Had Prior Records

DHS confirms 121 arrests at a Memphis nightclub tied to a gambling warrant. Only 5 detainees have confirmed criminal records. Here's what we know.

Latin Times · Sep 4

Big Tech's "local control" con

Underfunded local governments are no match when data center developers come calling

Salon · Aug 31

NAACP lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s xAI of polluting Black neighborhoods near Memphis

Suit alleges the billionaire’s AI company is illegally spewing toxic pollutants from its datacenters in the Memphis area

The Guardian - US · Apr 14

Irish folk singer and Clannad star Moya Brennan dies aged 73

Irish musician won a Bafta and a Grammy for her work with family band Clannad

The Independent UK · Apr 14

“We have an identity crisis. People say, ‘I knew every one of those songs, but I had no idea they were yours’”: Mike + The Mechanics’ history is a bit more rock’n’roll than Genesis’

Spurred on by surprise early success, Mike Rutherford’s band endured a tough time with a demon-haunted singer, then a replacement who expected rehearsals to be all thought and no action

Louder · Feb 15

Tennessee governor to keep National Guard in Memphis while state appeals ruling

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's office says the National Guard will continue supporting a crime-fighting task force ordered by President Donald Trump in Memphis while state lawyers appeal a judge's order that blocked the troops from operating in the city

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025

“Jeff Beck would pick up my fretless and play the craziest licks. I was in awe”: Pino Palladino’s adventures with The Who, John Mayer, Eric Clapton and his Music Man fretless bass

One of the most identifiable bass players on the planet on why he shifted back to fretted, embracing flatwounds even though they were unfashionable, and how he’s still topping the charts with the likes of Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran

Guitar World · Nov 10, 2025

“Jimmy was up and running and in great shape – he was in fantastic form. I thought, ‘Job done’”: Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers’ 80s supergroup should have been huge. The reality was very different

The Firm were one of the great lost supergroups of the 1980s

Louder · Nov 9, 2025

Judge considers Democratic challenge to Trump troop deployment in Memphis

City government declines to raise objection in court but state leaders and ACLU seek to block deployment of troops

The Guardian - US · Nov 4, 2025