Four miles outside Madison, Wisconsin, December 10, 1967, hampered by low cloud cover and cold weather, the eight-seater private plane carrying 26-year-old soul star Otis Redding hit trouble. A Lake ...

“We are heartbroken to share that our drummer Bennett Kent Stacks passed away this morning after a bout with metastatic cancer,” the statement reads. “Kent is the original heartbeat of Scream. Though ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.'s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics ...

It’s an anniversary year for Memphis music, with both Stax and Hi/Royal celebrating their 60th birthdays with various concerts and events over the past year. To honor these dual pillars of Memphis ...

The star-studded Chick Corea Freedom Band, the return of George Benson and the Manhattan Transfer, Malian world music superstar Salif Keita, and a smooth jazz salute to the Stax Records legacy are ...

Memphis has always been a cauldron of exceptional American sounds, from the blues of Beale Street to the rockabilly of Sun Studios. When soul and R&B topped the charts in the mid-20th century, the ...

The honest truth, Booker T. Jones tells Rolling Stone, is that he never intended to write a book. Two weeks before his 75th birthday, Jones — keyboardist, songwriter, arranger, producer, and, most ...

MEMPHIS, TN, UNITED STATES, August 31, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Legendary Stax Records songwriter/producer and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee David Porter will ...

If you're a fan of soul music — or rock music of any kind — you probably know a number of Stax Records hits: Booker T.'s "Green Onions," Rufus Thomas' "Walking the Dog," Sam & Dave's "Soul Man," and ...

While Memphis' Stax Music Academy has proven to be a remarkable training ground for R&B, soul and funk musicians, the program’s most recent notable product is a contemporary art rock band with a twist ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.'s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics ...