The Stax Museum’s Corey Martin drums up a little fun in our Stax Music Academy’s Justin Timberlake Levi’s Music Project Songwriting Lab and reads from Max Found Two Sticks. DOWNLOAD OUR ACTIVITY SHEET BY CLICKING ON THE BOX BELOW! Stax Museum of American Soul Music will offer a story time which focuses on the
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On the heels of Carla Thomas winning last month’s Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Inspiration Award, the iconic Stax artist has been named today as a recipient of the Tennessee Governor’s Arts Award, Tennessee’s highest honor in the arts. In a press release sent today by the Tennessee Arts Commission, Governor Bill Lee and First
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Since opening in May 2003, the Stax Museum’s permanent galleries have showcased approximately 3,000 fascinating and unique artifacts. However, the museum’s collections archives boast thousands more objects, including never-before-displayed stage costumes, recording equipment, musical instruments, photographs, documents, vinyl records, eight-track tapes, and other items of memorabilia. For “SOLID GOLD SOUL: The Best of the Rest from
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By ALAN RICHARD (Photo by Nathan Black) MEMPHIS — Howard Grimes remembers that day at Royal Studios in 1972 when the groove just wouldn’t quit. Grimes was keeping time on the drums in the Hi Rhythm Section as they recorded Al Green’s “Love and Happiness,” which was later named one of the 100 best songs
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