Dec. 4 panel to serve as live-audience podcast episode of Champions of the Lost Causes The Champions of the Lost Causes podcast will host a…
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Acoustic Sunday Live! Benefit for Protect Our Aquifer, Set for Dec. 5
Shemekia Copeland, Will Kimbrough, Jim Lauderdale,Livingston Taylor, and Al Kapone to perform Two of Memphis’ greatest natural resources – water and music – come together…
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Elvis Week Revisited: Elvis is Everywhere
A ‘Little’ Memphis in the Verde Valley, AZ Time Capsules – this story was originally published in December 2019 Story and Photos By Ken Billett…
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Stax Music Academy launches #MusicMustContinue fundraising campaign to assist with student tuition
By Tim Sampson, of the Soulsville Foundation The Stax Music Academy (SMA) kicks off its annual #MusicMustContinue August/September fundraising campaign this month to raise $50,000 to close…
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Opera Memphis partnership with Stax Music Academy sends talented 7th-grader to New York’s Metropolitan Opera
Partnership results in a Metropolitan Opera contract for local Memphis talent, Caleb Thompson, age 12 By Tim Sampson, for the Stax Music Academy When the…
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SOLID GOLD SOUL: The Best of the Rest from the Stax Museum
Stax Museum presents new exhibit featuring never-before-shown artifacts from its vast archives Since opening in May 2003, the Stax Museum’s permanent galleries have showcased approximately 3,000…
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Coming to the Global Capital of Soul, “SOLID GOLD SOULSVILLE” at Stax Friday August 6
Stax Museum and Stax Music Academy present a free indoor/outdoor event with live music, an exhibition opening, and more to celebrate Soulsville USA On Friday, August…
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Free Music at the Levitt Shell is Back! Fall lineups announced
Memphis Black Arts Alliance partnership takes center stage September 3 will mark the return of the Orion Free Music Concert Series which will feature many…
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Stax in my Soul
By Ken Billett On a warm Saturday afternoon in late May, my birthday week celebration came to an end at the Stax Museum of American…
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Jazz at Neil’s: An evening of raw magic and pure joy
Last Sunday night, June 13, StoryBoard Memphis and Strictly Jazz Entertainment hosted a very special event at Neil’s Music Room. StoryBoard creator Mark Fleischer posted…
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