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  New Releases5 years ago

  Etheridge Oozes Rock and Soul

  The first album by Melissa Etheridge in her new deal with Stax/Concord, MEmphis Rock and Soul, will be out on 7 October, 2016.

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  Features5 years ago

  Bar-Kays Back In The Groove In ’69

  In the summer of 1969, the reconfigured Bar-Kays were seeing their first US chart action, albeit modestly, with the album Gotta Groove.

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  Features5 years ago

  reDiscover Eddie Floyd’s ‘You’ve Got To Have Eddie’

  'Knock On Wood' hitmaker Eddie Floyd made some fine album music that's well worth investigating, including 1969's You've Got To Have Eddie.

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  News5 years ago

  Bobby Rush Brings The Funk To Rounder

  Bobby Rush, now 82 and one of the great names in southern funk-blues, has signed to Rounder and will release the album Porcupine Meat on 16 September.

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  News5 years ago

  Death Of Memphis Horns Staple Wayne Jackson

  The death has been confirmed of trumpeter Wayne Jackson, a mainstay of countless classic soul and rock records as a member of the Memphis Horns.

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  News5 years ago

  Chips Moman RIP

  A great songwriter and producer who worked with a diverse range of artists, from Elvis Presley to Petula Clark and the outlaw country musicians of the 1970s

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  Features6 years ago

  ‘Hold On I’m Comin”: Sam & Dave Make Soul’s Top Table

  The duo were holding on for their first R&B No. 1 with a gem from the Isaac Hayes/David Porter songbook.

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  Features6 years ago

  How Wilson Pickett Found The Blues

  Wilson Pickett began as a gospel singer in Detroit, Michigan before finding the blues and becoming one of the most respected soul singers of his generation

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  New Releases6 years ago

  William Bell Bares His Soul On Stax Again

  William Bell, a much-admired survivor of the vintage Stax era, is back on the label. His album This Is Where I Live is out on Stax via Concord on 3 June.

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  News6 years ago

  Melissa Etheridge Set For Stax

  Longtime favourite rock singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge will arrive on Stax Records with an album celebrating the famous company this summer.

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  News6 years ago

  Ben Harper & Innocent Criminals Head For The Road

  Call It What It Is, the new studio album by Ben Harper with the Innocent Criminals, will be accompanied by North American and European tours.

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  News6 years ago

  Stax Inspires New Vinyl Store

  Stax of Wax, a new retail store devoted to vinyl records and inspired by Satellite Records, the retail arm of Stax, has opened in Malibu, California.

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  News6 years ago

  Death Of Ben Cauley, Link Between Otis & Keith

  Bar-Kays co-founder Ben Cauley, who died Sept 21, connects Otis Redding, with whom the Bar-Kays toured, and Keith Richards, on whose new album he appears.

• News6 years ago

  Nathaniel Rateliff Has The Night Sweats

  Denver roots frontman Nathaniel Rateliff and his band the Night Sweats release their self-titled album on Friday (21), on Stax domestically and via UMGI.

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  News6 years ago

  Keith Richards Has A ‘Crosseyed Heart’

  Keith Richards will release his first solo studio album for 23 years on September 18, when ‘Crosseyed Heart’ appears on Virgin EMI.