Music and Community have always been sources of hope and inspiration during trying times. Our youth need that now more than ever. Today, the Stax Music Academy is launching a campaign to ensure they have it by raising $50,000 to pay the tuition for its students and families who continue to experience negative financial hardships […]
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GRAMMY©-winning artist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Elvis Costello has teamed up with Soundwaves Art Foundation to “Pump It Up” for the nonprofit Stax Music Academy, located at the original site of Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, adjacent to the Stax Museum of American Soul Music. Soundwave’s Tim Wakefield has created an original […]
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From the haunting 1939 Billie Holiday classic “Strange Fruit” protesting the lynching of blacks in America, to protest songs of the 1960s like the Staple Singers’ “When Will We Be Paid,” to releases in the wake of recent killings of African-Americans including H.E.R.’s “I Can’t Breathe” and Trey Songz’s “2020 Riots: How Many Times,” music […]
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The Lewis Prize for Music — a creative arts philanthropy — announced today the recipients of its COVID-19 Community Response Fund. A total of $1.25 million will be awarded to 32 Creative Youth Development (CYD) organizations across the U.S. that have adapted and responded to the pressing needs of the young people they serve […]
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