Stax Records And The Soul Explosion, Gordon’s history of the legendary Memphis label, which is published this month by Bloomsbury. Anyone who’s read any of Robert Gordon’s previous books ...

MG’s, Stax was poised to become one of the most important producers of Soul music by the end of the 1960s ... Writing about WattStax in his book In Search of the Black Fantastic: Politics ...

Sitting south of downtown Memphis, the Stax Museum of American Soul Music is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is closed on Monday. General admission costs $15 for visitors ...

"Philip Priestley's acclaimed film charts the history of Stax Records, the influential soul and blues record company founded in the 1960s by Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton. Featuring music by an ...

By Shirley Halperin Terry Manning, a noted music producer and recording ... and “I’ll Take You There” while at Stax. The melding of the Memphis soul sound with rock and pop was a trademark ...

issued on Stax. Known as The Genius, Charles combined blues, rhythm and blues, and gospel to contribute to the founding of soul music in the 1950s. He had a profound influence on a number of ...