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Booker T. Jones performs at Stax, ahead of milestone
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWearing a blue suit, black hat and multi-colored socks, master keyboardist Booker T. Jones leaned away from the Hammond B3 organ, tilted his head back...
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 12-18
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCelebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 12-18: Nov. 12: Singer Brian Hyland is 80. Playwright-actor Wallace Shawn (“The Princess Bride”) is 80....
Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony full of music, memories and Memphis love
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRobert Plant, the former lead singer of Led Zeppelin whose Dionysian rock god emeritus status is...
Coming to KC: Tyrese and Trey Songz at T-Mobile Center, plus ‘Drag Race’ at Midland
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoOn sale Friday, March 17 Tyrese and Trey Songz, June 11, T-Mobile Center. Ticket prices TBA. Trey...
'Stax' doc looks at extraordinary music studio that fell to financial and racial struggles
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBooker T. Jones was in math class at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis when his life...
‘Our National Treasure!’ Night Two Highlights of Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Concert at the...
Billboard via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“Who else could pull together a night like this? Two nights!” declared Sheryl Crow onstage at the...
New Stax Collection Will Make You Rethink One of American Music’s Most Important Record Labels
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe story of Stax records has long been smoothed over and sculpted into a neat bundle of Southern...
Live music in Austin: Ruthie Foster, Grupo Firme, Arc Angels, Oddisee, more
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHere are our top picks for live music in the Austin area Nov. 17-23. Thursday: Oddisee & Good...
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...
Memphis Music Hall of Fame is back with a new class, a big ceremony and a few surprises
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt’s been three years since the Memphis Music Hall of Fame last inducted a new class of honorees....