Motown vs. Stax

Local covers showdown Friday at the Cactus Cafe

"...at the Cactus Cafe, Charlie Faye hosts Motown vs. Stax, wherein Austin’s finest sing songs Bonnie Whitmore describes as..."

Dec. 3, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Day Trips: Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Memphis

Memphis' Soulsville lives on

"...The Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, Tenn., tells..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears

Friday

"...that channel James Brown, Wilson Pickett, and take-your-pick from Stax Records and yet have a garage-floor flavor that makes..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Fitz & the Tantrums

Thursday

"...some form or fashion, the classic sounds of Motown, Stax, and Philadelphia International artists. One of the best such..."

March 18, 2011 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

SXSW Panel: Memphis Means Music

Did you know the Greeks founded Stax?

"...Imagine growing up in South Memphis and only knowing Stax Records as a vacant, bottle-strewn lot with a lonely..."

March 14, 2014 Music Post by Greg Beets

Johnnie Taylor, Soul Man

Johnnie Taylor's Live at the Summit Club gets released.

"...eat it, shall we? Concord Music Group’s reactivation of Stax Records hits jamming speed Thursday night when Isaac Hayes,..."

March 9, 2007 Music Post by Greg Beets

Take Me to the River

Memphis and Stax Records music artists from an earlier era mentor a younger generation in this ambient documentary.

"...bluesmen and soul singers who recorded at the famous Stax Records, like Booker T. Jones and William Bell, it’s..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

These Are the Breaks

Checking in with Austin's new R&B boys and girls.

"...stores under people’s windshield wipers in exchange for free records...."

Feb. 5, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Bo-Keys’ Memphis Soul

“The collision of gospel, blues, jazz, country”

"...Estelle Axton, who was one of the owners of Stax Records. There’s a cool compilation of Packy Axton material..."

April 28, 2016 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story

Stax Records Roundup

"...Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story(Stax) Stax/Volt Revue: Live in Norway 1967(Stax/Reelin' in..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Review by Greg Beets

Off the Record

Graham Williams of Transmission Entertainment breaks down this weekend's Fun Fun Fun Fest, while Ian McLagan and the Chronicle music staff sound off on the 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ballot

"...The recent resurgence of Stax Records, the original proprietors of Southern soul, culminates locally..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Chili Cold Blood Loves You!

Black & blues cowboy metal

"...final days, where Elvis made his home, and where STAX Records became a national phenomenon. In the halls of..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion

At the crossroads of Memphis and Civil Rights stood Stax Records

"...Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosionby Robert Gordon Bloomsbury, 480..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Scott Schinder

Keep on Growing

Derek's main Domino Bobby Whitlock settles in his legend in Austin

"...was born in Memphis in 1948 and recording for Stax Records by the time he was 15...."

Dec. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The Ballad of Big Star

A work-in-progress premiere and supergroup performance pay tribute to the cult band

"...Writers Convention; the decline of Big Star's would-be distributor, Stax Records; the post-Big Star solo careers; and a busy..."

March 9, 2012 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

Gritty, Groovy, & Gettin' It

What reissues are buried in the bottom of your closet?

"...a closet of the ex-wife of former Deep City Records owner Willie Clarke. There, beneath a stack of old..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

TCB: Friday

SXSW music news and carryings on

"...Hayes hugged me," he said outside Antone's as the Stax showcase inside was getting cranked. "He was just hanging..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration

"...Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration..."

March 16, 2007 Music Review by Greg Beets

TCB

Roky Erickson gets his life back (literally), UT's Harry Ransom Center and the White Ghost Shivers remember the 18th Amendment, and Shaft heading for SXSW? Shut yo' mouth.

"...Damn right. Isaac Hayes will host the 50th anniversary Stax Records Revue at SXSW, now scheduled for 7:30pm Thursday,..."

March 2, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Elvis Presley

"...Elvis PresleyElvis at Stax: Deluxe Edition (RCA Legacy)..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Music Review by Scott Schinder

Isaac Hayes

"...Isaac HayesBlack Moses (Stax) Isaac HayesJuicy Fruit (Disco Freak) (Stax)..."

April 24, 2009 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Wattstax: Music from the Wattstax Festival and Film

Gift Guide

"...Wattstax: Music from the Wattstax Festival and Film(Stax)..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Review by Greg Beets

Country Sensation Margo Price Gets Real

Nashville queen reigns over ACL's second weekend

"...Jack White's curiosity landed it on his Third Man Records – the disc's hard-luck tunes are authentically autobiographical and..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Record Skipping

Forbert, Thorogood & King anticipate Thursday’s reissue package

"...Thorogood’s first two albums helped put Rounder Records on the map, in fact. You may have heard..."

Aug. 14, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

20 Feet From Stardom

This film is an extended hosanna to an undersung artist, the backup singer, and what a joyful noise it makes.

"...biographies of Hank Williams, Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash, and Stax Records) – samples six decades of American pop-music history:..."

July 5, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Critics Poll

"...Greg Beets Stax/Volt 50th Anniversary Revue (South by Southwest), Antone's..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Music Feature

Sheet Music

Summer Reading

"...The saga of Motown Records, like that of the entire African-American music continuum --..."

June 6, 2003 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Festival 2003

"...Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, Only the Storng Survive, about Stax Records; Strange Fruit, an exploration of the song Billie..."

March 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...Stax: Soulsville, U.S.A. Director: Jamila Wignot Producer: Jamila Wignot, Kara..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Staple Singers

"...by the time the Staples hit their stride on Stax Records in the early Seventies, the hits are rolling..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

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