Stax Records is synonymous with deep, gritty soul music. The Memphis-based studio and record label was responsible for countless titans of R&B, including Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Sam & Dave, the ...

(Reuters) - Jim Stewart, the white country fiddler whose powerhouse R&B-soul label Stax Records launched such stars as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes and Sam & Dave, has died at age 92 in Memphis, ...

Stax Records spent decades spinning gold. The label nurtured a unique sound that blended R&B, gospel, blues, and country, eventually leading the way in a soul revolution. Stax became a home to icons ...

If you’re a fan of soul music—or even if you’re just curious about this iconic genre—the Stax Museum of American Soul Music ...

Jim Stewart, co-founder of R&B label Stax and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, died on Monday, longtime staff Stax songwriter David Porter confirmed on Monday. Stewart was 92. “No way a poor kid from a ...

It’s one of the strange twists of history that the greatest, funkiest soul label in the world, one of the most powerful outlets for Black expression, was started by a white hillbilly fiddler named Jim ...

HBO Documentary Films is in production on Stax, a multi-part documentary series exploring the Memphis-based record label Stax Records, which featured R&B stars Otis Redding, Booker T. & the M.G.’s, ...

Bettye 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 Johnnie ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jim Stewart, the white Tennessee farm boy and fiddle player who co-founded the influential Stax Records with his sister in a Black, inner-city Memphis neighborhood and helped build ...

The title of this newest attempt to organize Elvis’ recordings, although technically accurate, perhaps promises more than it delivers. You might assume that Presley wanted to get some of the greasy ...

Memphis' Stax Records was an international sensation, putting out hits like Sam and Dave's "Hold On, I'm Coming," "Green Onions" by Booker T. and the MGs and Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness." ...