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The Iconic Memphis Label Behind Music’s Most Soulful Stars
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 months agoHoward L. Bingham“We were flying by the seat of our pants,” Stax legend William Bell recently...
'Stax' doc looks at extraordinary music studio that fell to financial and racial struggles
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBooker T. Jones was in math class at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis when his life...
How Stars Like Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes Defied Racial Lines to Make Iconic Hits Revealed in New...
People via Yahoo News· 2 months ago'STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A.' will premiere on HBO on May 20 and 21 The legendary story of Stax Records...
Duane Eddy, 'the first rock 'n' roll guitar god', dies at 86
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDuane Eddy, the most commercially successful instrumental artist in the history of rock 'n' roll,...
Music Industry Moves: Sebastián Yatra to Sponsor Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation’s Prodigy...
Variety via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSebastián Yatra will sponsor the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation’s Prodigy Scholarship which will...
Nirvana, the Supremes, Nile Rodgers and More to Be Honored at Grammy Special Merit Awards Ceremony
Variety via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards Ceremony — which will celebrate the organization’s 2023...
What the 'mission from God' really was for 'The Blues Brothers' movie
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe following is adapted from “The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the...
Jim Stewart, Stax Records Founder and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Member, Dies at 92
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJim Stewart, who founded what became the Stax Records label and produced some of the great soul...
Mark Knopfler Set to Release Supergroup Track Featuring Nearly 60 Guitar Heroes, Rock Stars and...
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe nine-minute re-recording of the theme from 1983's "Local Hero" features a staggering array of...
Today in History: October 21, Edison perfects electric light
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoToday in History Today is Friday, Oct. 21, the 294th day of 2022. There are 71 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 21, 1879, Thomas Edison perfected a workable electric ...