Thursday, March 18, 2010

Savannah Music Festival | Savannah, GA

March 17, 2010 by lindsey  
Filed under Festivals, Savannah

The Savannah Music Festival(SMF) is one of the largest and most diverse music festivals in the southeastern United States. The festival’s distinctive line-up showcases indigenous music from the Deep South and a wealth of internationally renowned musicians representing an abundance of musical styles and genres, including Americana, bluegrass, blues, classical, dance party, gospel, guitar, Irish, [...]

Soul Beach Music Festival | Aruba

May 20, 2009 by lindsey  
Filed under Caribbean

Held on the Memorial Day holiday weekend, the Soul Beach Music Festival offers a mixture of neo-soul artist, nationally known comedians and island beach activities. The concert series has featured past performances by artists including Maze, Sean Paul, Chaka Khan, Wyclef Jean, India Arie, the Gap Band, Boyz 11 Men, Lauryn Hill, Nina Sky, Anthony [...]

Barbados Gospelfest | Barbados

May 20, 2009 by lindsey  
Filed under Caribbean, Festivals

Barbadians are very religious people with over 100 religious sects operating in Barbados. Against this backdrop it is inevitable that there would be a large religious festival on the island. Gospel music plays an important role in the spiritual lives of Barbadians and the growth of Barbados Gospelfest is indicative of this fact.
Featuring a very [...]

Stax Museum of American Soul Music | Memphis, TN

March 5, 2009 by lindsey  
Filed under Memphis, Visual & Performing Arts

If you are a soul music lover, make sure you get to Soulsville, USA, aka Stax Museum of American Soul Music when you visit Memphis. Built almost to the exact specifications of the original Stax recording studio, housed in the former Capitol Theatre, the Stax Museum features hundreds if not thousands of videos, films, photographs, original instruments [...]

Stax Records “Soulville USA” | Memphis, TN

September 10, 2008 by lindsey  
Filed under Memphis

Known as the home of Memphis Soul or southern soul, Stax Records released some of the most influential recordings of the 1960’s, including such hits as “Soul Man,” “Respect”, and “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay” among many others. Although its stable of music artists consisted almost entirely of African Americans, the label was [...]

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