There are 7 article(s) tagged Ardent Studios:

• June 2026

  • Ardent’s legal fight is a broken record

    Those involved in the legal drama surrounding Ardent Studios have been involved in past lawsuits that echo some of the current claims, documents show.

    By Jody Callahan June 29, 2026

  • Dueling lawsuits threaten future of Memphis’ historic Ardent Studios

    The building is locked, the parking lot is empty and no music is being made at Ardent Studios, a piece of music history that once hosted acts like ZZ Top, the Replacements, Isaac Hayes, Bob Dylan and R.E.M.

    By Jody Callahan June 08, 2026

• March 2025

  • Multi-talented Terry Manning touched Memphis music from Stax to ZZ Top and beyond

    Manning had a more than 50-year career as a player, producer, composer and, perhaps most prominently, recording engineer.

    By Chris Herrington March 31, 2025

• September 2024

  • The Essential Memphis Library: The Replacements’ ‘Pleased to Meet Me’

    Recorded at Midtown’s Ardent Studios in late 1986 and early 1987, the Replacements’ “Pleased to Meet Me” is a fusion of the Minneapolis’ band’s ramshackle, often poetic post-punk with soul-honed Memphis studio sensibilities. 

    By Chris Herrington September 03, 2024

  • The Essential Memphis Library: Reggae giant Toots Hibbert’s Memphis pilgrimage

    Three decades ago, Hibbert brought his sound — and all of reggae’s — back to one of its sources with a 1988 album recorded at Midtown’s Ardent Studios that went on to a Grammy nomination.

    By Chris Herrington September 03, 2024

• January 2021

  • Ardent Studios hosting live virtual concert

    In.Live will stream the “Coming Together,” organized by former Big Star drummer Jody Stephens of Ardent. Performers will also include Keith Sykes and musicians from bands such as Cheap Trick, The Posies and Wilco.

    By Ezra Wheeler January 23, 2021

• October 2018

  • Musical Heights

    The Na-Jack Market at 1457 National St., which takes its name from its location sandwiched between National and Jackson Avenue near where they converge, may look like just another convenience store – a place to grab a drink and a snack, some cigarettes, maybe a lottery ticket – but once, somewhere between where the stacks of unrefrigerated sodas and the storeroom are now, music history was made here. 

    By Mark Jordan October 09, 2018