Waxpoetics : The Soul of Stax Records by Ericka Blount Danois
This piece from our latest soulhead.com contributor, Ericka Blount Danois discussed the famed Southern recording company, Stax Records. Some would say that this essay begins at the end, with the eminent financial woes of Stax. But instead of talking about how the label folded over on itself, it walks through a history of over 35 years looking at to how the brand of Stax reinvented itself to still have a presence in the music industry.
You can continue to read the full article and learn, just as the tagline says, how the mighty record label “never lost its soul”.