During a special event on September 14, 2022 at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Soulsville Foundation officials, former Stax artists, and others announced plans for the museum’s 20th Anniversary to be celebrated throughout 2023. On hand for the announcement was special guest and Stax icon Booker T. Jones, keyboardist for Stax house band
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Iconic Memphis studios aim to enhance their legacies with restored vintage Stax recording console at Phillips Photos by Nathan Black. JANUARY 5, 2023 MEMPHIS, TN – Two of Memphis, Tennessee’s most prolific, iconic, and groundbreaking recording studios announced today that they are partnering to continue their legacies that changed the world in the 1950s and 1960s
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The Stax Museum of American Soul Music would like to wish Memphis Queen of Soul CARLA THOMAS a very Happy 80th Birthday today, December 21, 2022! We know her as our longtime friend and Stax Records icon, but many younger generations are getting to know her now because, in part, of her recent accomplishments. Carla
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MEMPHIS – The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is very saddened to announce the passing today of Mr. Jim Stewart, the founder of Stax Records. Mr. Stewart died peacefully surrounded by his family, and will be missed by millions of music fans around the world as one of the great pioneers of soul music
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William Bell is one of our favorite Stax Records artists of all time. He’s also one of the Stax Museum and Stax Music Academy’s most avid supporters, with academy students opening for him in Manchester, England in 2017, performing with him in Orlando, Florida, students featured in his video for his 2020 NEA National Heritage
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