Stax: Soulsville U.S.A. is an HBO original documentary about the record label that helped shape the course of American music in the ’60s and ’70s. Jamila Wignot is the producer and director of the four-part series which is a production of Laylow Pictures and White Horse Pictures in association withContinue Reading
Otis Redding’s posthumous albums are coming out as a multi-colored vinyl box set. Otis Forever: The Albums & Singles (1968-1970) compiles six albums and 24 singles. The ’60s’ soul star had a blazing moment during the decade with “These Arms Of Mine” and “Try A Little Tenderness” inContinue Reading
Jim Stewart, co-founder of Stax Records died on December 5th at age 92. In 1957 Stewart and his sister Estelle Axton started Satellite Records with releases of country, pop and rockabilly music recordings. But once Stewart heard Ray Charles’s “What I’d Say” he changed his path. Their first R&B release wasContinue Reading
Isaac Hayes’ soundtrack to Gordon Parks’ 1971 Shaft is being reissued in a deluxe version with liner notes from Questlove. The movie was one of the backbones to the blaxploitation film era. Hayes’ theme song for the film won an Academy award and proved to be the only competition toContinue Reading