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‘I Miss Him So Much’: Mavis Staples on Her Last Waltz With Levon Helm
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Mavis Staples thinks about her late friend Levon Helm, memories of her family flood into her...
“Pops Staples Invented the Americana Tone of Guitar”: Ben Harper, Rick Holmstrom and Aaron...
Guitar Player via Yahoo News· 1 year ago(from left) Pops (playing a Fender Jazzmaster), Cleotha, Pervis and Mavis record in the late 1960s....
Win a Copy of Wattstax: The Complete Concert 10xLP Vinyl Box Set
Consequence of Sound via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe post Win a Copy of Wattstax: The Complete Concert 10xLP Vinyl Box Set appeared first on...
‘STAX: Soulsville U.S.A.’ Review: Story of the Memphis Sound
The Wall Street Journal· 8 hours agoThis HBO documentary explores the often precarious history of the legendary label, whose artists...
Mavis Staples to Celebrate 85th Birthday With All-Star Concert Featuring Chris Stapleton, Black...
Billboard via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMusic legend Mavis Staples will celebrate her 85th birthday in style, with a star-studded...
New Stax Collection Will Make You Rethink One of American Music’s Most Important Record Labels
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe story of Stax records has long been smoothed over and sculpted into a neat bundle of Southern...
50 years ago, the Wattstax concert made, and even changed, L.A. history
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLittle remembered today, Wattstax — 'the Black Woodstock' — drew nearly 100,000 fans to the L.A....
Stax songwriter Bettye Crutcher remembered for her energy, creativity and perspective
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBettye Crutcher, one of the distinctive songwriters of soul music’s golden era, has died. A staff writer at Stax Records, Crutcher helped pen hits and classics for the label’s stars including ...
Jim Stewart, co-founder of Stax Records in Memphis, dies
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJim Stewart, the white Tennessee farm boy and fiddle player who co-founded the influential Stax...
O’Fallon Around Town - June 1 edition
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 12 months agoNoon Friday, June 2 is the deadline to appear in next week’s “Around Town” listing. We must receive your event in writing with a contact phone number for...