There are 7 article(s) tagged Isaac Hayes:

• November 2020

  • Grizzlies pay tribute to Isaac Hayes, Stax Records with ‘Soul City’ uniforms

    The additional design gives the team five uniforms to feature this season.

    By Chris Herrington November 24, 2020

• August 2020

  • Soul festival celebrates Memphis music – in Italy

    Memphis is the central focus of the Porretta Soul Festival held in Porretta Terme, Italy, an hour outside Bologna.

    By Jared Boyd August 12, 2020

  • The Essential Memphis Library: Isaac Hayes’ ‘Hot Buttered Soul’

    This 1969 album established Hayes’ sound and persona. It not only made him a star, but it made him a new kind of star. 

    By Chris Herrington August 10, 2020

• June 2020

  • June playlist: Celebrate Black Music Month

    We should be as bold and bullish about our contemporary black music as we are about all of our claims to fame, from FedEx and Holiday Inn to historic music attractions to dry rub ribs.

    By Elizabeth Cawein June 26, 2020

• December 2019

  • The Early Word: Memphis’ Alphabet suburb and a Wiseman says goodbye

    An all-too-brief era ends for University of Memphis basketball and many Shelby County-area students have a short school day before winter break starts.

    By Mary Cashiola December 20, 2019

  • Isaac Hayes to receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

    Pioneer of orchestral soul Isaac Hayes will be honored at the Grammys 2020 Special Merit ceremony with a Lifetime Achievement Award, along with John Prine, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Chicago and Public Enemy.

    By Jared Boyd December 19, 2019

• September 2018

  • Stax Museum, Crosstown Arts partner for ‘Give a Damn! Music + Activism at Stax Records’

    The main artifact for a new exhibition at Crosstown Arts is Isaac Hayes' 14-foot-long, custom-made, red velvet office desk complete with white Formica top. Previously, the desk had been in storage for more than a year, after the Stax Museum of American Soul Music recovered it from the owner of East Nashville vintage boutique, The Hip Zipper.

    By Elle Perry September 27, 2018