The list reads like it’s a Who’s Who of Stax and Hi Records icons and some new voices: Bobby Manuel, Steve Potts, Charles Hodges, Lester Snell, Jim Spake, Mark Franklin, Leroy Hodges, Kirk Smothers, Bobby Green, Boo Mitchell, Latoya Moore, and others. This new record, No Turning Back, written and produced by Bobby Manuel and
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VALERIE JUNE’S “HIGH NOTE” (FEAT. STAX MUSIC ACADEMY) IS A EUPHORIC SLICE OF MEMPHIS SOUL New Track Honors Soul Legend Mavis Staples Listen To “High Note” (Feat. Stax Music Academy) HERE Tour Dates Supporting Tyler Childers Begin June 2 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – MAY 31, 2024 – Today, visionary singer-songwriter Valerie June has shared a
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The HBO Original four-part documentary series STAX: SOULSVILLE U.S.A., an official selection of the 2024 SXSW Film & TV Festival and winner of the TV Premiere Audience Award, is produced and directed by filmmaker Jamila Wignot. The series, a production of Laylow Pictures and White Horse Pictures in association with Concord Originals, Polygram Entertainment, and Warner Music
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The album of Deanie Parker’s musical life began at 926 East McLemore Avenue, the home of Stax Records, where she worked as a songwriter, singer, arranger, collaborator, and publicist. I sat down with her at the same address recently to discuss the many tracks of her storied career. Her experience at Stax through the ’60s
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1. In the Midnight Hour “In the Midnight Hour” is a soul song originally performed by Wilson Pickett. Released in 1965, the song was written by Pickett and Steve Cropper, the guitarist of the Stax Records house band Booker T. & the M.G.’s. The song features a dynamic rhythm section, punchy horn arrangements, and Pickett’s
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