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

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.

In Screen Gab No. 134, we recommend a new docuseries about Stax Records, catch up with Gordon Ramsay about his travel show, 'Uncharted' and more.

Jamila Wignot, director of HBO’s Stax: Soulsville U.S.A., discusses the label’s complex history, the “sacrifices” of making a music documentary, and the “viciousness” of how it ended ...

You probably know some of the songs that came from Stax Records, like this one by Booker T. and the M.G.s, who played on a lot of other Stax recordings, including this beauty from Otis Redding.

Stax Records is a staple of great soul music but the legendary label doesn’t always get its proper due. A new documentary series from HBO called “Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.” will soon shine a ...

A new HBO docu-series looks at the rise of Stax Records. The label that boasted Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes couldn’t survive the cut-throat music industry. Keep KCRW Independent. KCRW is here to ...

Harris lost to Trump. From boygenius to Stax Records, Bobby Rush to DJ Paul, several Memphis and Mid-South artists took home Grammy gold on Sunday.

Says Parker: "Those with the power, they wanted Stax Records to be erased." Jones, meanwhile, tells Wignot that the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis in 1968 exposed the fact ...

Stax Records no longer churns out chart-topping music, although it still has a program for songwriters. The building has been converted into the Stax Museum of American Soul Music.

Estelle Stewart Axton, 85, A Founder of Stax Records Estelle Stewart Axton, who co-founded Memphis soul label Stax Records with her brother, dies at age 85 (M) By Jon Pareles Feb. 27, 2004 ...