Soulsville Foundation statement against Asian hate crimes and all bigotry and intolerance

The Soulsville Foundation – which operates the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Stax Music Academy, and The Soulsville Charter School – is deeply concerned about hate crimes against Asians and Asian Americans, as we are about all racially and culturally motivated hate crimes, both historically and more recently. We denounced white supremacy in all […]
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Stax Music Academy and Stax Museum featured in “Better Days” video with Justin Timberlake & Ant Clemons for Biden-Harris Inauguration prime time TV special

Memphis, TN – January 20, 2021 — Tonight, multi-platinum global superstar Justin Timberlake returned to his hometown of Memphis, TN, bringing along GRAMMY-nominated artist Ant Clemons for an inspiring and all-new rendition of their song “Better Days,” at the iconic Stax Museum of American Soul Music as part of the primetime broadcast special, “Celebrating America,” […]
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Concord, Soulsville Foundation, Stax Music Academy, and Stax Records hold Songwriting Workshop

NOVEMBER, 2020 –  Concord, in partnership with Stax Records, the Stax Music Academy (SMA) and the Soulsville Foundation recently held a six-week virtual event that paired high school students from the Academy with some of the top songwriting and publishing experts in the music business and a who’s who of renowned songwriters and producers. The […]
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Stax icon, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award winner Booker T. Jones going “Green Onions” to support Stax Music Academy

Stax Records icon, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, and GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award winner Booker T. Jones of Booker T. & the MGs has teamed up with the London, UK/Austin, Texas-based Soundwaves Art Foundation to help raise funds for the nonprofit Stax Music Academy, an afterschool and summer music institute at the original site […]
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