‘I Miss Him So Much’: Mavis Staples on Her Last Waltz With Levon Helm
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 1 year 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· 5 months 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· 5 months agoThe post Win a Copy of Wattstax: The Complete Concert 10xLP Vinyl Box Set appeared first on...
From 'Love in the Club' to Soul Cinema: 5 Stax Museum events to check out in April
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Stax Museum of American Soul Music has long been tied to the history of Memphis music and the...
New Stax Collection Will Make You Rethink One of American Music’s Most Important Record Labels
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 3 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· 1 year agoLittle remembered today, Wattstax — 'the Black Woodstock' — drew nearly 100,000 fans to the L.A....
Jim Stewart, co-founder of Stax Records in Memphis, dies
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJim Stewart, the white Tennessee farm boy and fiddle player who co-founded the influential Stax...
Stax songwriter Bettye Crutcher remembered for her energy, creativity and perspective
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 11 months 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 ...
25 songs of civil rights, social justice, freedom and hope for Black History Month 2023
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMartin Luther King Jr. had a deep respect for music as an instrument of change. The March on...
O’Fallon Around Town - June 1 edition
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 4 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...