I Know a Place: The legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. to the people and city of Memphis
An oral history of MLK and Memphis by the artists and staff of Stax Records.
January 19th, 2015 | Andria Lisle | FeaturesStax Records
Born To Be Wild
On March 18, 1941, Wilson Pickett was born in Alabama, the fourth of eleven children born into a Southern Baptist…
March 18th, 2011 | Wax Poetics | Today in History
Harry Whitaker
Reprinted from Wax Poetics Issue 3, Fall 2002: “Man, patience is a virtue!” Harry Whitaker is reflecting on the long-awaited…
November 18th, 2010 | Wax Poetics | In Memoriam
Get Lowe
From Memphis, Tennessee, the tenor saxophonist Frank Lowe grew up on soul and R&B music—he worked in the studio at…
August 10th, 2010 | Wax Poetics | New Releases
Word Is Bond
Call Lou Bond the Houdini of soul music. Following the release of his only album to date—1974’s Lou Bond—the then-Memphis-based…
May 25th, 2010 | David Williams | Articles
Issue 35
Issue 35 cover artists Roger Troutman and Booker T. Jones were both innovative musicians of extraordinary vision. Each is known…
May 30th, 2009 | Wax Poetics | Wax Poetics Magazine
Howard Lemon Singers
The gently propulsive “Let Him Come In” has recently received deserved shine on Soul Jazz’s excellent Gospel Soul series. Stax…
January 1st, 2007 | Wax Poetics | Re:Discovery
Issue 17
Some fans say that Jay Dee was the greatest hip-hop producer ever. Wax Poetics speaks in-depth with Jay’s peers and…
June 1st, 2006 | Wax Poetics | Wax Poetics Magazine
March Wind
Released in the same year as labelmate Melvin Van Peebles’s epochal Sweet Sweetback soundtrack, March Wind’s lone 45 may have…
May 1st, 2006 | Wax Poetics | Re:Discovery
Ollie Nightingale
With drums racing in a breathless, Al Jackson-like double time, defiantly extroverted horns, and multi-tracked deep-soul shouting, Ollie Nightingale’s “It’s…
March 1st, 2006 | Wax Poetics | Re:Discovery
Denise LaSalle
Veteran Memphis trumpeter/bandleader Gene “Bowlegs” Miller had been playing on sides for Chess and Stax for almost a decade by…
February 1st, 2006 | Wax Poetics | Re:Discovery
Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
Blame songwriter/drum maestro James Gadson if the arrangement of this 1968 single, taken from the Rhythm Band’s sophomore album, Together,…
January 1st, 2006 | Wax Poetics | Re:Discovery
Luther Ingram I’ve Been Here All the Time
Luther Ingram had the good fortune to sign to the Stax subsidiary KoKo just as Al Bell undertook a massive…
January 1st, 2006 | Wax Poetics | Re:Discovery
Issue 11
Maker’s Mark DJ Numark The Mighty Imperials Roots from the Stoops Unknown Funk Hero An Interview with Rickey Calloway Still…
December 21st, 2004 | Wax Poetics | Wax Poetics Magazine
Issue 10
Beastie Boys Antibalas Left-Field Americana The Montgomery Express The Texas Stage Bands Part II: Leon Mitchison Pierre Jaubert: Lafayette…
September 21st, 2004 | Wax Poetics | Wax Poetics Magazine
Don Cello, In His Own Words
I’m from Philadelphia, born and raised. My musical life started in the ’50s, and whatever my parents had is what…
October 11th, 2003 | Zaid Madhaffer | Articles
