Booker T. Jones
'Stax: Soulsville, U.S.A.' Is More Than Just a Music History Lesson
Directed by Jamila Wignot
PUBLISHED May 21, 2024
The history of American music cannot be told without Memphis, TN. The likes of B.B. King, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley could all be found...
Calgary Folk Music Festival Announces Complete 2024 Lineup
PUBLISHED May 1, 2024
Calgary Folk Music Festival organizers have laid out this year's complete lineup after announcing the first wave back in March. Headliners...
Calgary Folk Music Festival Gets Ben Howard, Booker T. Jones, Cowboy Junkies for 2024 Edition
PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2024
Calgary Folk Music Festival (CFMF) celebrates its 45th anniversary this July 25 to 28 at Prince's Island Park with over 70 artists from...
Stax Records Co-Founder Jim Stewart Dead at 92
PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2022
Jim Stewart, co-founder of legendary American soul label Stax Records, has died. He was 92. "Today we lost an important piece of American...
The National's Matt Berninger Announces Debut Solo Album 'Serpentine Prison'
PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2019
Best known as the frontman for the National, Matt Berninger has announced his debut solo album. Titled Serpentine Prison, the album was pro...
Booker T. Jones / Shakura S'Aida
Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto ON, June 24
PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2015
The tag most commonly attached to Shakura S'Aida is "powerhouse," an apt description of the Toronto blues singer's formidable pipes. It als...
Booker T. Returns to Stax Records for 'Sound the Alarm'
PUBLISHED May 27, 2013
Forty years after Booker T. Jones split from Stax Records, the R&B great has announced he's rejoined the label to issue his next LP, So...
Booker T. Bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn Dies at 70
PUBLISHED May 14, 2012
Soul music has lost one of its most esteemed bass players in Donald "Duck" Dunn of veteran Southern soul band Booker T. & the MGs, who died...
