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Jim Stewart, Stax Records Co-Founder, Dead at 92
"As producer, engineer, businessman and mentor, Jim Stewart was at the center of it all"
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Mable John, Motown's First Female Solo Artist, Dead at 91
Blues singer and older sister of Rock Hall-inductee Little Willie John also recorded for Stax Records and as a longtime member of Ray Charles' Raelettes
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Al Green's 'Timekeeper' on How He Gave Southern Soul Its Funky Heartbeat
Howard Grimes' drum grooves helped form the foundation for Hi Records' Seventies masterpieces. In a recent memoir, the career sideman to Green and many more tells his own story
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Stax Museum Acquires Rare Soul Record Collection
Collection from famed Chicago archivist Bob Abrahamian amounts to more than 35,000 recordings
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Staple Singers Release New Lyric Video for 1971 Protest Anthem 'Respect Yourself'
Craft Recordings releasing Come Go With Me: The Stax Collection on CD on November 13th
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Dom Flemons Joins Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band for Fierce 'Shake Your Money Maker'
Stax guitar icon Steve Cropper also appears on the rambunctious Elmore James cover
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'Separate and Unequal': How 'Pop' Music Holds Black Artists Back
The music industry is debating the term "urban," but the "pop" category often helps prop up white artists at the expense of the black artists who inspire them
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The Staple Singers' 'Come Go With Me: The Stax Collection' Brings the Gospel-Soul Band's Peak Years into Focus
A new boxset charts the Chicago group's years with the groundbreaking Memphis label.
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Stax Records' Golden Period Explored in Limited Edition Vinyl Box Set
Albums by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Booker T and the M.G.’s part of Vinyl Me, Please's 8-LP anthology
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Booker T. Jones Is Finally Ready to Dispel the Myths of the Stax Era
"We’re speaking out in the open now," says the legendary R&B keyboardist, whose new book complicates the golden age of soul
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