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Memphis soul great Spencer Wiggins dead at 81
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSpencer Wiggins, one of the greatest deep soul singers, has died. The Memphis native ― who recorded for the Goldwax and FAME labels in the 1960s and ‘70s...
It Was One of Music’s Greatest Hit Machines. We’re Remembering It All Wrong.
Slate via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe streaming era has seen such an unrelenting onslaught of music documentaries, the quality of...
Sidney Kirk, veteran jazz pianist and Isaac Hayes sideman, dead at 78
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPianist Sidney Kirk, one of Memphis’ great jazz and R&B musicians and a key member of The Isaac...
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 ...
From Carla Thomas to Isaac Hayes, HBO Stax documentary is story of 'Soulsville' — and America
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 weeks ago"We as a Black people have made something fantastic." Those words can be heard in "Ailey," a 2021...
Legacy of Isaac Hayes' 1969 'Hot Buttered Soul' revived in remastered album
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMore than five decades after its groundbreaking, gold-selling release, Craft Recordings has released...
‘Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.’: 7 Things We Learned From New Music Doc
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe four-hour documentary digs deep into the music, politics, and tragedy of the Southern version of...
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...
The Iconic Memphis Label Behind Music’s Most Soulful Stars
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoHoward L. Bingham“We were flying by the seat of our pants,” Stax legend William Bell recently...