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.
Topic: Stax Records
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August 2020
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June 2020
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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.
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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.
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February 2020
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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.
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January 2020
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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.
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December 2019
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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.
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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.
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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.
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November 2019
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‘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.
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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.
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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.
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October 2019
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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.
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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.
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September 2019
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‘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.
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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.
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July 2019
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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.
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May 2019
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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.
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April 2019
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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.
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November 2018
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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.
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October 2018
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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.
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September 2018
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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.
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