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Chandler Bing pyjamas, a Shrigley frisbee and Bowie’s scarf: it’s the arts Christmas gift guide 2023

A Bear apron, a Van Gogh vase, a reversible Frida Kahlo jacket, a Britney death metal T-shirt … here, curated by our arts team, are 30 fabulous festive suggestions for the culture vulture in your life

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2023

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy on religion, music — and the Dolly Parton song he dislikes

Jeff Tweedy's new book is his tribute to the songs and songwriters that inspired him to start making music in the first place — and then to keep doing it for a long time.

WEKU · Nov 12, 2023

“The others realised they couldn’t stop me because it was too close to the show… I got away with it, although it was a close-run thing”: How Peter Gabriel developed his Genesis frontman act

It may have caused conflict, but his insistence on sticking with his artistic vision paid off in countless ways

Louder · Jul 14, 2023

Watch Donald “Duck” Dunn as Booker T and the MGs blow minds in Norway in 1967

On 7 April 1967, the Stax/Volt Revue hit Europe. Norwegian TV caught them in action in Oslo. What’s Norwegian for “locked in”?

Guitar World · Apr 7, 2023

Could some records tumble during triple j's 2022 Hottest 100 countdown?

The vote is going to be a thriller and it's possible some long-standing records could be broken during this year's countdown.

ABC News · Jan 25, 2023

Jim Stewart, co-founder of Stax Records in Memphis, dies at age 92

The white Tennessee farm boy and fiddle player co-founded the influential record label with his sister in a Black, inner-city Memphis neighborhood and helped build the soulful "Memphis sound."

WEKU · Dec 6, 2022

Jim Stewart, co-founder of Stax Records in Memphis, dies

Jim Stewart, the white Tennessee farm boy and fiddle player who co-founded the influential Stax Records with his sister in a Black, inner-city Memphis neighborhood and helped build the soulful “Memphis sound,” has died at age 92

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

Jim Stewart, founder of Stax Records, dies aged 92

Record producer signed many of soul and R&B’s most influential musicians, including Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2022

Britney Spears sparks concern as she brands celeb a ‘piece of s***’ in explosive rant

She posted the rant on her feed in between equally odd videos of her floating around her house in her “great-great grandmother’s” wedding veil and a white lace nightgown

Daily Mirror · Nov 27, 2022

Booker T. Jones performs at Stax, ahead of milestone

A performance by master keyboardist Booker T

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022