Willie Bean, who worked at various times as a music promoter, tour manager and label owner, died Feb. 23, 2025, in North ...

Bill Withers, Otis Redding, Neil Young, The Roots, Drive-By Truckers, and Sharon Jones. These are just a few artists whose ...

Marin-based Hammond B-3 organ legend Booker T. Jones brings his current band to Yoshi's in Oakland for three shows over two ...

Big Star’s “#1 Record” and Eddie Floyd’s “Knock on Wood” are among the 13 recordings inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Of course, he was especially active promoting Waylo Records, a label owned by his father-in ... that never quite achieved the renown of Stax or Hi. Greer hired Bean to promote multiple projects ...

GRAMMY NEWS: Memphis teacher named 2025 Grammy Music Educator of the Year Though “#1 Record” — released by the Stax-distributed Ardent label — did not sell well upon its release ...

Though he would end up studying classical bass, Tariq picked up guitar as a boy and found direction after watching a video of ...

Though Stax Records no longer operates as a hit-making label, its influence endures. The original building now houses the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, while the academy next door ensures ...

I’m much better at being really in the weeds with people, and the world doesn’t need another record label like that.” He continues, “I want to contribute a real old-school, Stax Records ...

Though he would end up studying classical bass, Tariq picked up guitar as a boy and found direction after watching a video of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Stax ... label — an imprint of the Nola Blue ...

During his early years in the 50s and 60s, Rod collected records from the Motown, Stax and Atlantic labels, which are said to have provided a massive influence on his own musical journey over the ...

As captured in the fantastic HBO Documentary on Stax Records released last year, the classic Memphis soul label had no shortage of legends in its 1960s heyday. Indeed, everyone from Otis Redding to ...