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Steve Cropper, the Rock Hall-inducted guitarist who helped form the sound of "Memphis soul" with Stax Records, has died at the age of 84
Donald Trump failed to get out of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Isaac Hayes' estate over the Stax classic 'Hold On, I'm Coming'
Collection from famed Chicago archivist Bob Abrahamian amounts to more than 35,000 recordings
The music industry is debating the term “urban,” but the “pop” category often helps prop up white artists at the expense of the black artists who inspire them
