Stax's past influences future musicians in Memphis
7 days ago
The academy is steps away from the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, built 10 years ago on the site of the old recording studio where Otis Redding, Booker T. and the MGs, Isaac Hayes, the Staple...
Alabama Shakes are 'just keeping it real'
79 days ago
Eventually, they picked up drummer Steve Johnson and guitarist Heath Fogg, concocted a set of original songs and covers by AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and Otis Redding, and the Alabama Shakes were born.
Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92
161 days ago
While he enjoyed Otis Redding and the Mamas and the Papas at the festival, he was horrified when Hendrix lit his guitar on fire.
Ravi Shankar got by with a little help from his friends
163 days ago
But in the West, he became something of a rock star himself, sharing the bill at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 with Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, the Who, the Mamas and the Papas and the...
List of music stars who have died in air crashes
165 days ago
"The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens were killed when their chartered plane crashed near Mason City, Iowa, en route to a show.- March 5, 1963: Country singer Patsy Cline, whose hits...
Rock Hall's incoming CEO aims to expand museum's reach, fans' role in inductions
169 days ago
"The first thing I wanted to hear was something off Bruce Springsteen's 'Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.,' so I put on 'Growin' Up.' Then we went to some Bob Dylan, some Otis Redding, and then...
