Stax Music Academy will mark its anniversary with concerts and educational efforts, including “Soul of America,” a virtual ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis music studio where some of America’s most recognizable songs were recorded decades ago is ...

At the Stax Music Academy, students are using soul and R&B music from the 1960s and 1970s to teach lessons for Black History Month. The after-school program is right next door to the former studio of ...

Stax Music Academy will also host 12 months of Soul programming , a series of free pop-up concerts throughout the year that blend gospel, blues, and R&B to celebrate the enduring power of soul music.

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Stax Music Academy (SMA) celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2025, focusing on youth, education, and the ongoing legacy of soul music. As part of its ...

The academy has graduated more than 4,000 students since it started in the working-class neighborhood of Soulsville, where Stax Records produced soul and R&B classics in the 1960s and 1970s.

Sitting on the original site of the Stax Records studio, this museum commemorates American soul legends (particularly the artists who recorded at Stax). Among the museum's collection of more than ...

Sting’s friendship and musical collaboration with Shaggy is well-known. This 2000 hit, which blends reggae and pop, became a defining track of the early 2000s. Sting expressed his deep connection with ...