For the New York Guitar Festival’s 20th Anniversary, the Festival and WNYC’s New Sounds combine forces once again, this time for a celebration of the music of Memphis Minnie.
a free tribute concert celebrating blues legend Memphis Minnie
The 2019 edition of the New York Guitar Festival celebrates 20 years of live concerts, panels, and workshops that span the huge range of the guitar. And it celebrates one of the instrument’s pivotal but overlooked figures: Memphis Minnie. “Memphis Minnie was an incredible force during one of the most trying times for a black woman to be a performer in popular music in America
The Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place | Event Details
