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AMLP celebrates first anniversary, 124th birthday and last home of blues pioneer Sleepy John Estes

Today we're celebrating our first anniversary and the 124th birthday of blues pioneer Sleepy John Adam Estes whose last home in...

“Sleepy” John Estes Home receives new signage as part of inaugural Adopt a Music Landmark campaign

New interpretive signage was unveiled at the “Sleepy” John Estes Home over the 2022 Memorial Day weekend during the West Tennessee Delta...

Preservation Month 2022: All generations, walks of life needed to witness, steward music landmarks

Happy Preservation Month! Established by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1973, this celebration began as National...

American Music Landmarks Project participates in 2nd annual National Historic Marker Day

The American Music Landmarks Project is excited to be an official participant of the second annual National Historic Marker Day on...

Benefit for Marian Anderson House honors 83rd anniversary of singer’s Lincoln Memorial concert

Today the National Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society commemorated the 83rd anniversary of Marian Anderson's April 9, 1939...

Exclusive: Elvis Haircut Day commemorates Chaffee Barbershop Museum’s defining role in music history

On this day 64 years ago, the “haircut heard 'round the world” changed music history forever. As a 23-year-old Elvis Presley sat in the...

ADOPTED! “Sleepy" John Estes Home and AMLP introduce new way to experience, support music landmarks

We want to thank everyone who supported the successful launch of the Adopt A Music Landmark program through their symbolic adoptions of...

1811/Kid Ory Historic House adopts "Sleepy" John Estes Home through Adopt A Music Landmark program

Through the American Music Landmarks Project's first initiative, the Adopt A Music Landmark program, the architectural legacies of two...