Booker T. Jones, who backed Sam & Dave on many of their classics, recalls the late soul legend: "I will miss this beautiful set of lungs"

There's nothing quite like a thrilling "overnight success" story. But when it comes to soul superstar Otis Redding, his meteoric rise to the top ended almost as quickly as it started.

New music from Elkka, First Beige, Darkside, Magdalena Bay, Everything Is Recorded and mary in the junkyard, Joshua Idehen and more, plus throwback Thursday with Otis Redding, Sarah Vaughn, Milton Nascimento, Curtis Mayfield and others!

A look at how David Lynch used music in his work, as a way of scaring the audience and moving them, as seen with his use of an Otis Redding song in Twin Peaks

We have scoured the internet and created a collection of director extraordinaire David Lynch's favourite song of all time. It's a perfectly brilliant playlist.

Jim Gaines, the fabled Memphis record producer and studio engineer who died in November, was described Sunday in generally down-to-earth terms. Gaines, it was said, was a fan of football and catfish.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave that was known for such definitive hits of the era as “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin,’ ” has died. He was 89.

Mr. Moore and Dave Prater stormed the R&B and pop charts with indelible hits like “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin’.”

As a live act, the duo’s frenzied stage show rivalled even that of Otis Redding, with whom they toured Britain and Europe in 1967 and who was wary of going on stage after them. Moore and Prater 'were high-energy performers, and their force mushroomed ...

Museum lovers like myself swoon over cities like Washington D.C., Chicago and New York for their outstanding museums, but we found Memphis, Tennessee to be another terrific “museum city.”

Kensington, dubbed the most successful Dutch rock band of the last 15 years and without a singer since 2022, has brought in American national Jason Dowd to complete their line-up. Kensington, known for hits such as War,

Lynch’s favourite artists included Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Duran Duran, Lissie, Pixies and David Bowie.