juke joint
noun
: a small inexpensive establishment for eating, drinking, or dancing to the music of a jukebox or a live band
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The legacy of juke joints can be seen in a new generation of chefs and authors carrying on the tradition.
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Korsha Wilson, Bon Appétit, 11 Mar. 2024
His strengths are on full display when the numbers are integrated into the world of the characters, the swing of a hammer or a pick-ax lending a song its rhythm, the wooden planks of a storefront or the bar of a swampy juke joint becoming a dance floor.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2023
The juke joint was a place where people went to hang out and have a good time.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 23 Dec. 2023
Places like juke joints, strategically located near agricultural communities, served as sites where African Americans could escape the daily indignities of segregation.
—Christina Morales, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
The frenzied reaction to Shug’s arrival at the juke joint is akin to Beyoncé playing a 100-person club in Houston, Bazawule adds.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2023
Mister is drunker than a skunk outside Harpo’s juke joint.
—Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
The video was filmed at several Mississippi blues landmarks, including Jimmy Duck Holmes’ Blue Front Cafe (the oldest active juke joint in the U.S.), Holy Springs’ Blues Alley, the towns of Como and Chulahoma, the Burnside Palace, and Aikei Pro’s record shop.
—Claire Shaffer, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2021
The music, recorded in living rooms and juke joints and even on sidewalks, is primarily blues but also includes gospel and tinges of country.
—Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2023
Korsha Wilson, Bon Appétit, 11 Mar. 2024
His strengths are on full display when the numbers are integrated into the world of the characters, the swing of a hammer or a pick-ax lending a song its rhythm, the wooden planks of a storefront or the bar of a swampy juke joint becoming a dance floor.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2023
The juke joint was a place where people went to hang out and have a good time.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 23 Dec. 2023
Places like juke joints, strategically located near agricultural communities, served as sites where African Americans could escape the daily indignities of segregation.
—Christina Morales, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
The frenzied reaction to Shug’s arrival at the juke joint is akin to Beyoncé playing a 100-person club in Houston, Bazawule adds.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2023
Mister is drunker than a skunk outside Harpo’s juke joint.
—Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
The video was filmed at several Mississippi blues landmarks, including Jimmy Duck Holmes’ Blue Front Cafe (the oldest active juke joint in the U.S.), Holy Springs’ Blues Alley, the towns of Como and Chulahoma, the Burnside Palace, and Aikei Pro’s record shop.
—Claire Shaffer, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2021
The music, recorded in living rooms and juke joints and even on sidewalks, is primarily blues but also includes gospel and tinges of country.
—Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2023
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