There are 13 article(s) tagged Stax:

• September 2024

  • The Essential Memphis Library: Otis Redding’s ‘Otis Blue’

    From Sam Cooke to Motown, blues to the British Invasion to his own classic songwriting, Otis Redding’s groundbreaking 1965 album turned everything it touched into one man’s soulful sound. 

    By Chris Herrington September 09, 2024

  • 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 September 03, 2024

• March 2024

  • Stax Records docuseries to premiere at SXSW

    Titled “STAX: Soulsville, USA,” the multi-part documentary series directed by Jamila Wignot covers the expansive history of the legendary Memphis-based recording studio. 

    By Christopher Wright March 09, 2024

• December 2022

  • Guest Column: Memories of Stax, the late Jim Stewart and Isaac Hayes’ powder blue Caddy

    “Stax history is about the music but also about the integration and racial healing in Memphis and the nation.”

    By H. Scott Prosterman December 10, 2022

• September 2022

  • As Booker T. grooves, Stax Museum readies 20th anniversary

    Booker T. Jones grooved on “Green Onions” again, ahead of his Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction, and the Stax Museum teased a year’s worth of 20th anniversary events as past, present and future collided in Soulsville. 

    By Chris Herrington September 15, 2022

• April 2022

  • Street being renamed for James Alexander of The Bar-Kays

    Located near the Stax Records studios where the the soul-funk collective recorded, Stafford Avenue is scheduled to get a new name on April 24: James E. Alexander Avenue.

    By The Associated Press April 03, 2022

• March 2022

  • Booker T. Jones, Mavis Staples among newest class of Memphis Music Hall of Fame

    After a two-year hiatus, the Memphis Music Hall of Fame announced eight inductees, including stars of Sun, Stax and beyond. 

    By Chris Herrington March 22, 2022

• September 2021

  • Memphis Public Library promotes Black history library cards

    September is Library Card Sign Up month, and Memphis Public Libraries is promoting its special edition Black history library cards, which were designed by contestants earlier this year. 

    By Julia Baker September 22, 2021

• June 2021

  • Justin Timberlake grooves along as Stax students present ‘Lab’ results

    Students in the Stax Music Academy “All Star Song Lab” got to present their work to none other than Justin Timberlake. 

    By Chris Herrington June 18, 2021

• May 2020

  • ‘Miracle’ third child snares fourth-generation Grambling scholarship

    COVID-19 cancelled Amari Ajamu's senior trip, and prom, and graduation ceremony, but it didn't stop his family from celebrating their Soulsville Charter School and Stax Academy graduate.

    By David Waters May 19, 2020

• February 2020

  • Roller-skating guitarist readies for second chance at soul success

    Mark Anthony Lee spent the early '80s strumming and skating at the same time. But after years on the sidelines of Memphis soul, a Los Angeles record label has tapped his 1982 single for a compilation of unsung Memphis artists.

    By Jared Boyd February 09, 2020

• January 2019

  • Mickell Lowery holds town hall meeting in Soulsville

    Shelby County Commissioner Mickell Lowery addressed members of the community in the first of three town halls to be held in District 8.

    By Jared Boyd January 13, 2019

• September 2018

  • Memphasis: All Funked Up

    (This was my first column some 400-plus columns ago. I was looking for a word that most aptly describes Memphis. Just one word …)

    By Dan Conaway September 21, 2018