Born in Memphis, TN and bred upon Mississippi soil, Kirby quickly found her niche in the sounds of Otis Redding, Gladys Knight, and Isaac Hayes. Like many Soul singers the stage often known, as the choir stand was her first encounter with glory. Yes,...

There’s a long tradition of such unfathomable lapses in judgment by Oscar voters, all of whom select a final winner. For decades, their choices mostly avoided contributions from rock and R&B stars, rarities like Isaac Hayes and Bruce Springsteen...

Sam Moore and Dave Prater met in Florida in 1961. They didn’t exactly set the recording world on fire until they signed with Atlantic Records four years later. When Atlantic passed them along to Memphis-based Stax Records, by then an Atlantic...

GK – Ringo Starr – Ringo made a career out of being in the right place at the right time, by being a pretty good available drummer just as three musical geniuses happened to need one. He gets by with a little help from his friends here too. LCB – Isaac...

These subtleties manifest themselves most clearly on the 'The Rakehell'. Built around bassist Karl Blau’s supple groove, it sounds almost like Parliament, chopped and screwed beyond recognition, Dylan Carlson’s freewheeling guitar scrawling over a...

There’s no denying that Ernest Tidyman’s tough, tight script; Richard Roundtree’s incredible starpower, and Isaac Hayes’ Oscar-winning score all contributed to the creation of this landmark, but the most impressive element of “Shaft” is the maestro...

Connors takes tourney: Jimmy Connors hits a backhand in his quarterfinal match with Fritz Buehning at the U.S. National Indoor Tournament at The Racquet Club of Memphis on Feb. 10, 1984. Connors won 6-3, 7-6 (7-3). Isaac Hayes is back in Memphis, but...

Next up, Rumer (real name Sarah Joyce) tells Billboard.com is a covers set called "Boys Don't Cry" that she's "just finished" and hopes to release in May. As the title indicates, it features "obscure covers from the 70s written by men," including tunes...

And yet, somehow, they do not. Like Brando's mumbling or Michael Jordan's outstretched tongue, they are pendants to an overwhelming gift. He purrs like Isaac Hayes and screams like Jay Hawkins. He slips from quoting a standard hymn--"Just as I am,...

He played on the album, "Drink My Wine," which was being celebrated that night. Andrew Love (left) and musical partner Wayne Jackson (center) soak up the Memphis vibe with B.B. King, Isaac Hayes and Marvell Thomas. The musicians helped define Stax and...

Or so his label would have you believe, in a bio that manages to avoid the words “Plan” and “B” altogether. Sabre’s voice has a gritty soulfulness, but where Winehouse dreamed up a musical identity that was more than the sum of its retro parts, Sabre’s...

Wisconsin Alternate captain: Daumantas Venckus -Cucchiara, DE, Iowa OFFENSE QB: Bart Houston , Wisconsin RB: Dami Ayoola , Illinois RB/FB: Sione Houma , Michigan WR: Frank Epitropoulos , Ohio State WR: MacGarrett Kings , Michigan State WR: Duke Anyanwu ,...

Elephant." On "Pink Elephant," N'dambi forgoes the tiny indie labels on which she released projects such as "Little Lost Girls Blues" (1999), "Tunin Up and Cosignin" (2001) and "Weird Kinda Wonderful" (2008). She has jumped on board the storied Stax...

Regardless of who you are, you've got to have a soft spot for the dude. There's something for the ladies as well as the fellas. The Best So Far collects the choicest cuts from Brown Sugar and Voodoo." James Bradley, Sound Fix 44 Berry St. , at N. 11th...

Cornelius, who had a voice so mellow and soulful you’d come away from an interview with him and Isaac Hayes thinking “that Cornelius guy sounded pretty chilled out,” killed himself yesterday at 75. (Is that sad? I guess it depends why he did it. A long...

U, which should give them a headstart on conditioning and learning the playbook entering April's spring practices. Kill signed seven of the state's top 10 players, including Hopkins wide receiver Andre McDonald, Blue Earth offensive tackle Jonah Pirsig...

BS: I understand you're named after an uncle and not musician and actor Isaac Hayes? IH: Yeah. My mom didn't even know who (actor and musician) Isaac Hayes was. BS: Do any of your friends call you "Shaft" because Isaac Hayes performed the movie's theme...

Eight players are already enrolled at the school. Here are the signees: Duke Anyanwu , Athlete Jeremy Baltazar , S/CB* Briean Boddy , CB* Cedric Dicke, DB** Scott Ekpe , DT* Isaac Fruechte , WR* James Gillum , RB* Jamel Harbison , WR Tyler Hartmann,...

Brewster's best in-state recruiting year was getting six of the top 10 players in 2009. Tim Brewster's second recruiting class with the Gophers football program, in 2008, was ranked among the 20 best in the nation. Jerry Kill's second class might be...