Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A little Memphis funk made its way to Northwest Arkansas this week, and it’s all in the name of innovation.

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

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." ...

Saturday saw the return of a long running, Jefferson County musical tradition. The family-style Pine Bluff/Altheimer Blues Festival was begun in the late 1980s by local legend Sam Cook, a well-known ...

This year’s Leroy Robinson Southern Soul & Soul Music Festival at The Lerner Theatre, Aug. 10-17, features two iconic bands ...

A self-proclaimed backroad rebel band leader and a member of famous rhythm & blues band The BAR-KAYS teamed up and dropped a music video Sunday night in the middle of a pandemic and global protests.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — James Alexander, the last surviving member of The Bar-Kays band that backed soul music star Otis Redding, will have a street renamed after him in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, ...

The soul-funk band Bar-Kays is celebrating 50 years in music by donating proceeds from their performances this year to five charities. The band says it plans to give a portion of the proceeds raised ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A little Memphis funk made its way to Northwest Arkansas this week, and it’s all in the name of innovation. James Alexander, bassist for the legendary Bar-Kays and a Memphis Music ...