Booker T. Jones was in math class at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis when his life suddenly changed forever. David Porter, a fellow student and musician, told Jones he and his saxophone ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Here, at 926 East McLemore Avenue -- home of the now-defunct Stax Records studio and one of the most famous addresses in American music history -- the soul is returning to a rundown ...

"We were on top of the world." HBO Docs has unveiled the trailer for a documentary series titled STAX: Soulsville U.S.A., arriving for streaming later this month. This docu series from HBO "captures ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "We as a Black people have made something fantastic." Those words can be heard in "Ailey," a 2021 feature documentary directed by ...

Contributor Jackie Sheckler Finch visits the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis and discovers that the landmark museum has played a meaningful role in revitalizing its community. Jim ...

Memphis songwriter and producer David Porter will return to the site of his greatest triumphs on Aug. 25, to celebrate the release of a new album of his old songs at the Stax Museum of American Soul ...

Stax: Soulsville U.S.A., a four-part docuseries now streaming on Max, tells the story of the record label that integrated its business practices and personnel in the recording studio when its hometown ...

Affiliated with Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top and Big Star, the recording engineer and producer was also a noted photographer. By Shirley Halperin Terry Manning, a noted music producer and recording engineer ...

The rise and fall of Stax Records, the influential but underdog label based in Memphis, is the subject of the HBO documentary “STAX: Soulsville U.S.A.” It is a story of musical genius but also racism, ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Wearing 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 and worked the keys and ...

You can't tell the story of Memphis, or really understand the magic of the Bluff City, without knowing about its music. No city on Earth packs as much musical history as Memphis, and for those ...

Terry Manning, a noted music producer and recording engineer who worked at Memphis' Stax Records during a transformative time in pop and R&B, has died following an accidental fall at home. He was 77.