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		<title>I Never Travel Far Without A Little Big Star: SXSW 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mere days after the death of Alex Chilton, a panel scheduled at Austin&#8217;s South By Southwest festival on the legacy of Big Star was repurposed as a tribute to the life and times of Chilton. Entitled &#8220;I Never Travel Far Without A Little Big Star,&#8221; it included panelists from founding members of Big Star Jody [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ELVIS! From Memphis to Manhattan &#8211; From the CBS Photo Archive Opening July 16th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please join us at the Stax Museum on Friday, July 16th from 5 &#8211; 7 PM for the opening reception for &#8220;ELVIS! From Memphis to Manhattan &#8211; From the CBS Photo Archive.&#8220; This collection of large-format photographs, never before shown in Memphis, depict Elvis young, sexy, feisty, and getting very famous. They were taken in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ardentstudios.com/2010/07/15/elvis-from-memphis-to-manhattan-from-the-cbs-photo-archive/</link>
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		<title>Stax Music Academy Concert with Kirk Whalum &amp; Wayne Jackson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Stax Music Academy summer music experience grand finale concert!   &#8220;A Journey of the Soul&#8221;   Guests artist: Wayne Jackson of the Memphis Horns   Special Tribute to the Memphis Horns&#8217; Andrew Love featuring Stax Music Academy Students &#38; Kirk Whalum   Friday, June 25, 2010 7:00 PM   Victory University&#8217;s Auditorium: 255 North [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ardentstudios.com/2010/06/25/stax-music-academy-concert-with-kirk-whalum-wayne-jackson/</link>
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		<title>L Nix &amp; Co Featured in Memphis Daily News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Larry Nix, mastering engineer and proprietor (with his son Kevin Nix) of L. Nix Mastering, Inc, was recently featured for an article in Memphis Daily News highlighting his newly refurbished record lathe. From the article: Producing vinyl records – those albums that most people 40 and older grew up with – has rapidly become a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ardentstudios.com/2010/06/01/l-nix-co-featured-in-memphis-daily-news/</link>
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		<title>Big Star&#8217;s Performance at Levitt Shell to be Broadcast on Sirius/XM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[    Those who missed Big Star&#8216;s historic performance at the Levitt Shell on May 15th of this year need not fret, as the show will be broadcast on Sirius/XM as a part of their summer kickoff programming over Memorial Day weekend. The show was mixed by Jeff Powell and John Fry here at Ardent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ardentstudios.com/2010/05/27/big-stars-performance-at-levitt-shell-to-be-broadcast-on-siriusxm/</link>
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		<title>Van Duren Recounts his Experience with Big Star at the Shell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[O My Soul: Big Star Tribute at the Levitt Shell By Van Duren Big Star drummer Jody Stephens called me in late April and asked if I would come and do a song with Big Star at the May 15th show at the Levitt/Overton Park Bandshell. Of course, there was no hesitation when I accepted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ardentstudios.com/2010/05/27/van-duren-recounts-his-experience-with-big-star-at-the-shell/</link>
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		<title>Beale Street Caravan&#8217;s Blow Out Fundraiser at Ardent Studios</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join us for food, drinks and fantastic blues at The Beale Street Caravan 2010 Blowout! This year&#8217;s fundraiser will be right here at Ardent Studios, June 3, 2010 at 5:30 PM. We’ll party in the hallowed halls where music greats like White Stripes, ZZ Top, and B.B. King have recorded.  Grab a drink from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ardentstudios.com/2010/05/25/beale-street-caravans-blow-out-fundraiser-at-ardent-studios/</link>
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		<title>Thank You Friends: A Tribute to Big Star &amp; Alex Chilton Friday May 21</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To our friends in Nashville: Jody will be traveling your way this weekend to participate in the Musicares benefit at the Mercy Lounge on Friday, May 21st. The benefit, entitled &#8220;Thank You Friends: A Tribute to Big Star and Alex Chilton&#8221; will feature Jody Stephens (Big Star co-founder), Brendan Benson (Raconteurs), Carl Broemel (My Morning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ardentstudios.com/2010/05/19/thank-you-friends-a-tribute-to-big-star-alex-chilton-friday-may-21/</link>
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		<title>Help Fund Nothing Can Hurt Me: The Big Star Story!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Producer-director Danielle McCarthy, who over the course of the last 2 + years has become one of the greatest stewards of the great underdog story that is Big Star&#8217;s history, will return to Memphis this week to film the May 15th Big Star show in Memphis&#8217; Overton Park (tickets available here). Joining her will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ardentstudios.com/2010/05/11/help-fund-nothing-can-hurt-me-the-big-star-story/</link>
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		<title>David Fricke Interviews Jody Stephens for Rolling Stone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pictured above are Jody Stephens and Rolling Stone Senior Editor David Fricke. Fricke has been a champion of Big Star for years, and interviewed Jody recently about the death of Alex Chilton and the upcoming tribute show to take place right here at Memphis&#8217; Levitt Shell (tickets available here) on May 15th, 2010. From the [...]]]></description>
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