August Ponthier. Brent Faiyaz. Jill Scott's first album in more than a decade. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson is joined by ...

These museums peel back the layers on some of the most important moments in U.S. history.

Craft Recordings lines up Record Store Day 2026 with nine limited edition vinyl releases spanning jazz, soul, indie, and pop, including Miles Davis, Abbey Lincoln, Stax, Jazz Dispensary, and Fleetwood ...

The Ultimate Tribute Show to the Very Best of the 60's,70's & 80's Classic Soul, RnB, Motown & Disco. PERFORMER BIO:The Sensational Soul Cruisers are not just another 11-man vocal harmony group with ...

The Soul of America video was conceived by current Stax Music Academy students and staff, in collaboration with professional Memphis filmmakers. The 2026 production was filmed at iconic Memphis ...

Galway funk and soul band Leon Stax Equation play SIGNS, a night celebrating the start of Spring and St. Brigid's Day at The Sugar Club, Dublin on 1 February. We asked front man Leon Stax aka Ben ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — 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 ...

For decades, a soft-touch style of soul music has found a strong Chicano and Latino audience in Southern California. A record label based there is helping it bloom. For decades, a soft-touch style of ...

If you’re planning a trip to Tennessee, you won’t want to miss the state’s many must-see historic landmarks. From Civil War battlefields to music studios that launched the careers of some of the ...

Before this, he had been in gospel outfits The Five Echoes – who he joined in 1951 or 1952 at age 17 – and, from 1957, The Highway QC’s, who Sam Cooke had passed through. In August 1960, he took on ...