MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Stax Music Academy is encouraging young adults who are struggling with the events surrounding the murder of George Floyd to channel their emotions through music. For the last eight nights, Memphians have marched, chanted and sang. “Protest music is the oldest music itself,” Pat Mitchell Worley, Stax Music Academy Executive Director […]
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Like many other organizations in Memphis, Stax Records held a special place in the struggle for racial equality, basing its company practices on the ideas of opportunity, economic empowerment, inclusion, and trying to affect positive change in the African-American community in Memphis and throughout the country. In the wake of the murders of Dr. Martin Luther […]
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The Stax Music Academy (SMA) is proud to announce a new partner, Newberry Tanks, LLC, based in West Memphis, Arkansas. While we always appreciate corporate support, we are particularly excited about this new partnership given Newberry Tanks’ history regarding music and particularly, blues from this region. Much like SMA, they too believe that great talent […]
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The Stax Music Academy has made the decision to suspend our Summer Music Experience (SME), a program that normally takes place during the month of June and culminates in our Summer Music Experience Grand Finale at Levitt Shell, which has also been postponed until further notice. While some organizations are phasing in reopening at various […]
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