Stax Records spent decades spinning gold. The label nurtured a unique sound that blended R&B, gospel, blues, and country, eventually leading the way in a soul revolution. Stax became a home to icons ...

Historic soul label Malaco Records will release the new book The Last Soul Company: The Malaco Records Story on March 23rd. Written by Rob Bowman — known for 2003’s Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of ...

A couple of years ago, bored out of my skull on a Sunday night, I whacked a few soul tracks from the sixties on. Those timeless records—records that you can’t see ever sounding bad or dated—felt like ...

Quinton Claunch had an impressive music-business career behind him when he and Rudolph "Doc" Russell started Goldwax Records in 1963. Claunch had enjoyed a career as a country songwriter and guitarist ...

Rhino Records’ Reserve Otis Blue reissue brings classic Otis Redding soul back to vinyl, delivering pristine sound and timeless tracks like “Respect” and “Change Is Gonna Come.” In the vintage vinyl ...

The Mystery Lights, Wick Records’ first signing, aim to channel the soul that worked wonders for Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley and Amy Winehouse You can almost feel the beating heart of 131 Troutman ...

“We’re just good soul music spun by good people.” Dan Austin, Brad Hales and Erica Aytes are the backbone of Motor City Soul Club, which aims to share rare and lesser-known soul records with metro ...

A new book chronicles the history of Malaco Records, one of the oldest continuously run independent record labels in America and one of the biggest gospel labels in the world. BOBBY BLUE BLAND: ...

The funk comes to the Arkansas Sounds Concert Series on Friday during the Tribute to True Soul Records, the Little Rock label started by Lee Anthony that was home to many of the city's premier funk ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Listen 10:13 Quinton Claunch had an ...