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CNN REPORTS: Memphis teens throw down soul hits and lift up Black History Month

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Tim Sampson

By Ryan Bergeron, CNN Rickey Fondren, right, and other students of the Stax Music Academy rehearse. Photo by Claire James. (CNN) Rickey Fondren is a 15-year-old 10th grader with an […]
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Soulsville Foundation’s Stax Music Academy & Stax Museum to Receive $150,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the American Rescue Plan

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Tim Sampson

MEMPHIS — The Soulsville Foundation, which operates the Stax Museum of American Soul Music and Stax Music Academy at the original site of Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, is pleased […]
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Stax Music Academy and Stax Museum Celebrate Black History Month 2022 with Free Virtual Experiences

Posted on January 2, 2022January 25, 2022 by Tim Sampson

In February 2022, the Soulsville Foundation’s Soulsville Foundation’s Stax Music Academy and Stax Museum of American Soul Music will release original virtual Black History Month productions that offer two distinct […]
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New French Stax Music Academy Documentary Screens at Oxford Film Festival & Indie Memphis

Posted on November 13, 2021March 24, 2022 by Tim Sampson

A new documentary film about the Stax Music Academy, SOUL KIDS, opened at approximately 50 theaters across France on November 24, 2021 during a week filled with screenings, performances, cultural […]
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