JamBase — In recognition of Black History Month, revisit the 1972 all-star Wattstax concert featuring Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers and many others. more info
Stereogum — There aren't too many pieces of movie music more iconic that "Theme From Shaft
." In 1971, Isaac Hayes wrote the symphonic soul score for Shaft, the movie that arguably kicked off the blaxploitation boom. In doing so, Hayes essentially laid the found... more info
Stereogum — In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.… more info
Stereogum — When the world met Alessia Caracciolo three years ago, she was the awkward teenager enduring a house party where she did not belong: "Somewhere in the corner under clouds of marijuana/ With this boy who's hollering, I can hardly hear/ Over this music... more info
Stereogum — This feels like one of those statements that seems obvious to the point of redundancy, but it's always worth pointing out: Isaac Hayes is one of the great pillars of sampling. Songs that the Black Moses Of Soul wrote, produced, and/or performed have ... more info
Topix — SWEET JAMS: New albums by Barrence Whitfield and the Savages, and Buffalo Tom, pictured, have been released, along with choice reissues of classics by Isaac Hayes. Most songwriters peak. more info
New York Times — A new boxed CD set helps shine a light on the band — born out of the Bar-Kays — that backed this soul star on “Hot Buttered Soul†and beyond. more info
Sweeping The Nation — Sit down, David Hepworth. The year of the first Glastonbury Festival, of Jim Morrison's death, The Concert for Bangladesh, the Montreux Casino fire that inspired Smoke On The Water and... Dave & Ansell Collins - Double BarrelNiney The Observer - ... more info
Core News — “We’ll be celebrating the life of Isaac Hayes who would have been 75 years old this week. Our 30 minute Isaac Hayes Trunk of Funk will take us through his prolific writing career, which included hits for Sam & Dave and James & Bobby Purify. Throu... more info
Stereogum — Earlier this year, trip-hop pioneer Tricky contributed a new track called "Escape" to the Ghost In The Shell soundtrack. And today, he's shared a new single called "The Only Way," a dazed mutter that's backed by what sounds like something Isaac Hayes... more info