There are 26 article(s) tagged Stax Records:

• August 2022

  • Halloran Centre to host Royal Studios retrospective

    The Halloran Centre will showcase the heyday of Royal Studios’ legendary musical history with the concert “The History of Royal Studios Narrated by Boo Mitchell.”

    By Alicia Davidson August 25, 2022

• June 2022

  • Stax, NCRM featured in new Civil Rights podcast

    The three-episode series entitled, “Tennessee Civil Rights Trail Podcast,” will feature events of the movement that happened in the state during the 1950s and 1960s, as told by veteran civil rights activists.

    By Jasmine McCraven June 14, 2022

• November 2021

  • Cyndi Lauper sells signed artwork to support Stax Music Academy

    Lauper joins Booker T. Jones of Booker T. & the MGs, Huey Lewis, Elvis Costello, Hall and Oates and Ke$ha in partnering with Soundwaves to launch artworks to benefit Stax Music Academy.

    By Jasmine McCraven November 10, 2021

• June 2021

  • An architect of the ‘Memphis Sound’ tells his story in new book

    Legendary drummer Howard Grimes discusses Stax, Hi and his biggest influences as a drummer. His autobiography, “Timekeeper: My Life In Rhythm,” co-written with author Preston Lauterbach, will be released on Devault Graves Books on July 1.

    By Ezra Wheeler June 28, 2021

• 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

• June 2020

  • Stax soul man William Bell receives grant, plans to pay it forward

    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.

    By Jared Boyd June 25, 2020

  • Stax Museum to reopen June 18

    The museum will require staff and guests to wear masks, and will have cashless transaction points and sneeze guards.

    By Jared Boyd June 18, 2020

• February 2020

  • The Memphis 10: Protecting our water, celebrating our music, arguing about our basketball

    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.

    By Chris Herrington February 28, 2020

• January 2020

  • Council honors former Bar-Kay Larry Dodson with street name

    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.

    By Jared Boyd January 22, 2020

• December 2019

  • Boyd: 40 Memphis songs I loved in 2019

    Some new songs and some old help a Memphis music devotee figure out what defines this town's expression.

    By Jared Boyd December 31, 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

  • Stax Music Academy students to appear on ‘Ellen’ special

    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.

    By Jared Boyd December 05, 2019

• November 2019

  • ‘Ring My Bell’: How a Memphis teacher brought the Bluff City disco gold

    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.

    By Jared Boyd November 14, 2019

  • Nelson: From Stax to the White House, Booker T. Jones embodies Memphis soul

    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. 

    By Michael Nelson November 12, 2019

  • Memphis Music Hall of Fame a night of reflection, gratitude

    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.

    By Jared Boyd November 09, 2019

• October 2019

  • 15 connections between Wu-Tang Clan and the Memphis soul sound

    The nine-member rap crew Wu-Tang Clan, a headliner at Mempho Festival, has a history of relying on Memphis soul for inspiration. 

    By Jared Boyd October 22, 2019

  • Amy Jackson connects Memphis musicians to their royalties

    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.

    By Jared Boyd October 18, 2019

• September 2019

  • ‘Woman to Woman': Shirley Brown’s first hit, and Stax’s last

    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.

    By Jared Boyd September 25, 2019

  • Boyd: 15 Memphis albums worth digging for in the record store

    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. 

    By Jared Boyd September 03, 2019

• July 2019

  • Memphis@200: Race an intrinsic aspect of Memphis’ complex story

    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.

    By Bill Dries, Jared Boyd and Elle Perry July 15, 2019

• May 2019

  • John Gary Williams, frontman of Stax’s The Mad Lads, dies at 73

    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.

    By Jared Boyd May 29, 2019

• April 2019

  • Jesse Jackson and Stax: The reverend’s largely forgotten link to Memphis

    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.

    By Jared Boyd April 14, 2019

• November 2018

  • Southern Avenue finds quick success, locally and internationally

    Named for Southern Avenue, which runs from the easternmost part of the Memphis city limits all the way to South Memphis, Southern Avenue is also the name of an up-and-coming Memphis band that embodies the city’s soul, blues and gospel traditions.

    By Christin Yates November 09, 2018

• October 2018

  • What could happen to Aretha Franklin’s birthplace based on Memphis precedents

    A small house with boarded-up windows and a metal fence around the yard sits on Lucy Avenue off of Wellington Street.

    By Elle Perry October 19, 2018