Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis musician launched a creative residency in Soulsville, helping local artists. For James Alexander, ...

If you had asked Larry Dodson and James Alexander a few decades ago if they planned to still be recording music in 2014, their answer would have been no. But on December 4th, the two leading members ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Bar-Kays and some of their musical friends will be celebrating the groups 50th anniversary when they take the stage at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts in downtown ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — From the blaring horns and infectious chant of their Stax Records hit “Soulfinger” to their sexy sound on their recent smash called “Grown Folks,” the legendary Bar-Kays, featuring ...

Maybe the Bar-Kays weren't feeling the energy from today's afternoon Summerfest crowd. Lead singer Chris J. admonished us halfway through: "Milwaukee, Wisconsin, you should be ashamed of yourself." ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kool & the Gang, Midnight Star, Lakeside and the Bar-Kays will play Tuscaloosa's Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater 6 p.m. June 1, ...

The legendary Bar-Kays trumpeter Ben Cauley passed away late Monday night at the age of 67. Cauley was most known as the lone survivor of the plane crash that killed Otis Redding and Bar-Kays members ...

Larry Dodson, Sr., The Bar-Kays' lead singer, will retire at the end of the year after 47 years as the lead singer of the internationally renowned funk and R&B band. "It has been a blastand I am ...

The concert documentary "Wattstax" was released 50 years ago this month. It featured Stax Records' entire roster at the time. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to James Alexander of the Bar-Kays. Los Angeles, ...

SATURDAY 2/18. East Arkansas Community College, Forrest City. 7:30 p.m. $44. In 1967, things were going swimmingly for the Bar-Kays. While they were still finishing high school, their first single, ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis musician launched a creative residency in Soulsville, helping local artists. For James Alexander, founding bassist of the Bar-Kays and the group’s last surviving original ...

Los Angeles, 1972. On the seventh anniversary of the Watts riots, the soul and funk label Stax Records staged an enormous concert at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. It was called Wattstax. The ...