In April 2001, roughly 3,000 people gathered at what should never have become a vacant lot at the corner of East McLemore Avenue and College Street in South Memphis, the former site of Stax Records.
Soulsville comes full circle as Mitchell Worley takes the helm
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It’s retro. It’s hip. And it’s one click away!
September 19, 2024
The Soulsville Foundation’s annual report/year-in-review is hot off the presses. This year we designed the magazine in homage to Written in their Soul, or two GRAMMY winning box set that
Introducing the Shoe with Soul: Stax Music Academy Fundraiser
March 28, 2024
MEMPHIS – Introducing the new Stax Music Academy shoe by SoGiv, inspired by the only remaining original feature from the 1960s Stax Records building at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, the
Rhodes College to Award Honorary Degrees to Veteran Stax Records Executive and GRAMMY Award Winner Deanie Parker and AutoZone Executive William C. Rhodes III
March 22, 2024
Deanie Parker and William C. Rhodes III will receive honorary degrees at the 175th Commencement of Rhodes College on May 11. Rhodes is former president and chief executive officer of
Soulsville Foundation’s 4th annual free, virtual Black History Month 2024 production: “Stax Meets Motown”
January 10, 2024
MEMPHIS – Among soul music fans, few things are as emotionally charged as comparisons between Stax Records and Motown. And now the Soulsville Foundation’s 2024 Black History Month production commemorates both labels in