"We were on top of the world." HBO Docs has unveiled the trailer for a documentary series titled STAX: Soulsville U.S.A., arriving for streaming later this month. This docu series from HBO "captures ...

The rise and fall of Stax Records, the influential but underdog label based in Memphis, Tennessee, is the subject of the HBO documentary “STAX: Soulsville U.S.A.” It is a story of musical genius but ...

To say that Stax Records was a successful music label would be an understatement. Founded in 1957 by Jim Stewart, the company drew upon a mix of young, local talent, and by 1973, the label was one of ...

Stax: Soulsville U.S.A., a four-part docuseries now streaming on Max, tells the story of the record label that integrated its business practices and personnel in the recording studio when its hometown ...

“We were flying by the seat of our pants,” Stax legend William Bell recently recalled of the early days of the venerable label that tracked the rise of the civil rights movement. “A lot of us came in ...

To misquote Rushmore’s Max Fischer: Music docs are a very tricky species. The stories about the bands, record labels, places, and scenes that matter—historically, commercially, culturally, or, rarer ...

Year of Releases, Events, Films Mark Milestone; Maurice White/ EWF Tribute First Release on Reactivated Stax; Angie Stone, R&B Icon Isaac Hayes Among New Signings BEVERLY HILLS, CA --In honor of the ...

But if there is a single takeaway from the four-part documentary series “STAX: Soulsville U.S.A.,” it is how precarious the entire enterprise was, how reliant on happy accidents and circumstance.

The small Memphis label Stax Records created soul hits by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, Rufus and Carla Thomas, and others. It's the subject of a new documentary on MAX. We're featuring ...

The widely influential guitarist Steve Cropper self-effacingly and all too modestly told Guitar Player Magazine in 2024, “My playing has always sucked, but it sells … I keep it simple, I guess. I’m ...