Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Steve Cropper, guitarist forthe Blues Brothers, Booker T. and the MGs and one of the main architects of the unmistakable Stax sound of the 1960s along with vocalist/keyboardist Felix Cavaliere, the voice of the Rascals and the... more info

All About Jazz — Stax Number Ones, a compilation of 15 chart-topping hits by Stax's best-known artists is available now via Concord Music Group and features #1 hits by Booker T. and the MGs, Sam and Dave, Eddie Floyd, Otis Redding, Johnnie Taylor, Rufus Thomas, Isaac... more info

Silent Uproar — According to ?uestlove himself, The Roots will finally release How I Got Over on June 8th through Def Jam. In related news, the band are recording with Booker T. Jones on the follow-up to 2009's Potato Hole. [billboard.com] more info

All About Jazz — STAX NUMBER ONES COMPILATION COLLECTS CHART-TOPPING SONGS FROM THE FIRST NAME IN AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC Included are #1 hits by Booker T. and the MGs, Sam and Dave, Eddie Floyd, Otis Redding, Johnnie Taylor, Rufus Thomas, Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singer... more info

Live Daily — Grammys were awarded in more than 100 categories during Sunday night's (1/31) ceremonies at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. A full list of the winners follows: Record of the Year "Use Somebody," Kings Of Leon. Jacquire King & Angelo Petraglia,... more info

My Old Kentucky — The Drive-by Truckers are a band that rarely goes anywhere, if they aren’t on stage 200+ nights a year or in the studio together, then they’re probably on stage or in the studio lending a hand to music legends like Booker T., Neil Young... more info

All About Jazz — SFJAZZ ANNOUNCES THE ARTIST LINEUP FOR THE 11TH ANNUAL SFJAZZ SPRING SEASON SEASON RUNS FEBRUARY 19 - JUNE 12, 2010 HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: KEITH JARRETT, CAETANO VELOSO, BOBBY McFERRIN, KURT ELLING WITH THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA, BOOKER T., PHAROAH S... more info

All About Jazz — New York, New York -- After the success of the 2009 release Put The Flavor On It you would think guitarist and band leader Charlie Apicella would be hard pressed to duplicate such an outstanding recording. With Sparks due to drop in March, listeners ... more info

Live Daily — Southern alt-rockers Drive-By Truckers [ tickets ] will hit the road in early 2010 to begin paving the road for their next studio album, "The Big To Do." The trek gets underway with a mid-January three-night engagement in the band's home base of A... more info

Altsounds — 19-song compilation features Sweet Pea Atkinson, Sir Harry Bowens, Wayne Kramer, Booker T. Jones, Iggy Pop, Al Kooper, Doug Fieger, Marcus Miller and more LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Was (Not Was), dubbed “the funkier art-funk bandÂÃ... more info