Southern Avenue
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Southern Avenue
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- “Found a Friend in You”
- “Late Night Get Down”
- “So Much Love”
- “Don’t Give Up”
Hailing from Memphis, Southern Avenue is a band named for the street that runs through the center of the city. It’s also where you’ll find legendary Stax Records, who released the four-piece’s debut in 2017.
The group features Tierinii, Tikyra and Ava Jackson, as well as co-founder and guitarist Ori Naftaly. They’ve toured with Sheryl Crow, Los Lobos, The Revivalists and Tedeschi Trucks Band.
In 2019, their debut album, Keep On, earned a Grammy Award nomination for best contemporary blues album.
Today, Southern Avenue joins us for a mini-concert recorded in Philadelphia, playing songs from their new album, Family.
This episode of World Cafe was produced by Will Loftus. The web story was created by Miguel Perez. Our engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and booking coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our senior producer is Kimberly Junod.