American roots musician Jason Isbell, on his live recording Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Live in Alabama (Lightning Rod Records), performed a potent cover of Candi Staton's “Heart on a String," ...

I listen to hundreds of new albums in a year, and when you do that, it’s really easy to fall into a critical lockstep and to start feeling like you’ve heard everything worthwhile there is to hear. So ...

MEMPHIS - When the Stax Music Academy students take to the stage on December 5, 2009, at Germantown Performing Arts Center in Memphis to salute some of the most popular female singers in American ...