The majestic multi-instrumentalist changed the course of soul music and did it with Blackness as the focal point of his ...

Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of the iconic Stax Records band Booker T and the M.G.'s, has passed away at age 84.

Steve Cropper, who has died aged 84, was a musician, songwriter and producer, and a crucial figure in the development of the ...

Steve Cropper, a Booker T. & the M.G.'s guitarist, and a soul musician from Memphis, passed away at 84 in Nashville, on ...

Today in Music History for Dec. 14: In 1836, Frances Ridley Havergal, English devotional writer, was born. In frail health most of her life, Havergal nevertheless authored such hymns as "Take My Life" ...

The Jam played their last gig; Aretha Franklin made her New York stage debut; Elvis Presley started a 20-week run at No. 1 on ...

The Eagles, Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, David Byrne and Lorde are among the big names set to headline the New Orleans Jazz & ...

Mahindra Blues Festival, which is set to take place on February 14 and 15 in 2026, has now announced an interesting lineup ...

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has officially unveiled its full Jazz Fest 2026 lineup for April and May.

What Chet Atkins was to Nashville country, what Jerry Garcia was to West Coast rock, Steve Cropper was to Memphis and the ...

It’s that time of year again. The time when friendships are tested, reputations are destroyed and some of us either rise in ...

The eight-album “Essential ‘90s Memphis Rap” campaign — which includes releases by Lil’ Ced, MC Money & Gangsta Gold, Shawty Pimp & MC Spade, Skinny Pimp, Carmike, R.A.N., Gangsta Blac and Gimisum ...