Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats’ ‘What If I’ Is a Mixed Bag
Two years after The Future, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats offer up an EP of leftovers that leave listeners wanting more.
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Bettye Crutcher’s “Just the Way You Loved Me” Is a Stax Highlight (premiere)
Enjoy the incomparable Bettye Crutcher and her Stax Records demo for “Just the Way You Loved Me”, a sweet, romantic slice of irresistible soul pop.
Booker T. & the M.G.’s Defined Themselves with ‘Green Onions’
Soul/funk group Booker T. & the M.G.’s might have stumbled onto their best song with “Green Onions”, but this album defined the entire Stax Records sound.
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Engage the Moment and Evolve Musically
On their new album The Future, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats expand their musical territory without abandoning their soulful rock.
Otis Redding Published His ‘Dictionary of Soul’ 55 Years Ago
Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul, released 55 years ago this month, remains a landmark of American soul music.
Soul Legend Eddie Floyd Shares His Musical Journey (interview + book excerpt)
Co-authored by Tony Fletcher, Knock! Knock! Knock! On Wood features interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Bill Wyman, Paul Young, William Bell, Steve Cropper, and more. Eddie Floyd gives insights into some of his most beloved songs and relationships with Bell, Cropper and Wilson Pickett.
Nathaniel Rateliff Gets Personal on ‘And It’s Still Alright’
The title of Americana artist Nathaniel Rateliff's latest solo LP, And It's Still Alright, suggests that there's joy after pain, but the record's contents also note that the opposite is true.
How the Staple Singers Became the Soul of Protest Music
The Staple Singers' Stax recording, Come Go with Me, captures their transformation from the church-wrecking gospel highway to the soul-filling pop charts.
‘Soul Explosion’ Is the Sound of Memphis Soul Reinvented
Fifty years ago, Stax Records became an independent label and this new two-LP compilation details that daring, exhilarating period in soul music.
Various Artists: Stax Country
The goal was to entice traditionally country audiences into becoming Stax consumers with music that resembled the prevailing popular countrypolitan style from Nashville that ruled the country charts.
Melissa Etheridge: MEmphis Rock and Soul
MEmphis Rock and Soul finds Etheridge lacking the secret ingredient that once made these songs timeless classics.
William Bell: This Is Where I Live
Soul survivor reunites with the label that launched his career and the result is captivating.