The sound was never exactly polished, but it had plenty of soul, and the Memphis sound created at Stax Records has found its own special place in the history of American music. By The Associated Press ...

Jim Stewart, a part-time fiddle player who became a soul music hitmaker as the co-founder of Stax Records, the trailblazing Memphis label that helped launch the careers of 1960s and ‘70s artists ...

“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 ...

HBO Documentary Films is in production on Stax, a multi-part documentary series exploring the Memphis-based record label Stax Records, which featured R&B stars Otis Redding, Booker T. & the M.G.’s, ...

They documentary features interviews with Stax execs, both living and dead, who recall the label’s history. Stewart, who died in 2022, and Axton, who died in 2004, are featured, as are the late Otis ...

Jim Stewart, who founded what became the Stax Records label and produced some of the great soul records of the 1960s, died Monday at age 92. A cause of death was not released. Stewart co-founded the ...

The four-part HBO series, directed by Jamila Wignot, premieres May 20-21. By Gail Mitchell Nearly 50 years after being forced to close its doors in 1975, venerable label Stax Records became a Grammy ...

Unless you’re a devoted ’60s soul fan, odds are you’d draw a blank when asked about the “Stax/Volt sound.” You wouldn’t know about Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton, the owners of these two Memphis-based ...

(Photo by Bill Carrier Jr., courtesy of Concord and HBO) HBO Documentary Films is in production on Stax, a multi-part documentary series exploring the Memphis-based record label Stax Records, which ...