There are 20 article(s) tagged Stax Records:
The songwriter and performer of early Stax hit "You Don't Miss Your Water" will receive $25,000 from the National Endowment of the Arts. He said the full amount will be used for projects involving young soul musicians.
The museum will require staff and guests to wear masks, and will have cashless transaction points and sneeze guards.
The city's greatest asset faces threats, Memphis has some 'High Fidelity' moments, and the mecca of chicken and donuts has an East Memphis location.
The retired lead singer of the local funk band was told his wife would be honored at Tuesday's City Council meeting. Instead, he was given an honorary street in Whitehaven, ahead of his 69th birthday.
Some new songs and some old help a Memphis music devotee figure out what defines this town's expression.
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.
The Stax school's 20th anniversary celebration will include talent shows, a public Black History Month production, a three-day livestream Memphis music marathon and a huge birthday bash that coincides with International Music Day.
Songwriter Frederick Knight originally conceived “Ring My Bell” as a song for teens about talking on the phone, but it became a hit for older audiences in the disco-era when it came out on Anita Ward's debut album.
When his song “Green Onions” was racing up the charts, Booker T. Jones was a freshman at Indiana University Music School, coming home every weekend so the MG's could seize the moment by recording an album.
Eight acts were inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame. Those musicians in attendance expressed their gratitude for the honor and the city that nurtured their talents.
The nine-member rap crew Wu-Tang Clan, a headliner at Mempho Festival, has a history of relying on Memphis soul for inspiration.
Jackson, who was married to the late Memphis trumpeter Wayne Jackson, is dedicated to hunting down money many local musicians didn't know they had earned.
In the mid-1970s it was the final hit record of a Memphis soul empire. In 2019, it's an adored meme. But for Shirley Brown, "Woman to Woman" was the song that changed her life.
Some choice selections from Memphis' lesser known songbooks in recognition of 901 Day. Let it be a legend to help you map out your own Memphis musical treasure hunt.
Race is a complicated, foreboding and necessary theme to consider in Memphis's 200-year history. It's also more than the city's past. Race is part of the city's eternal present.
Memphis native John Gary Williams, who recorded for Stax as a part of The Mad Lads and as a solo artist, was found dead in his home. The 73-year-old's soul music legacy stands at the intersection of the Black Power movement and the Vietnam War.
Rev. Jesse Jackson and Memphis-based Stax Records formed an alliance following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death here that allowed Jackson to use the record label as a platform to spread the spoken word.
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