Roots & American Music Society

We believe that the City of Memphis has a unique role in the story of Roots music, as it does with so much of American music.

Access for Roots artists to resources allowing them to create and thrive; access and education for the community allowing them to understand and consume American roots music; growth of Roots & American music scene in Memphis and MidSouth. Certainly Sun Studios, where the vision of Sam Phillips created a nexus of black and white music resulting in genre-bending artists who blended blues, country, r  ...