All About Jazz — Please join us for a special graveside ceremony to commemmorate the renaming of a stretch of I-40 the "Isaac Hayes Memorial Highway." Friday, August 20, 2010, 10am Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery 5668 Poplar Avenue | Memphis, TN Speakers wi... more info

Topix — Legendary late soul musician Isaac Hayes may get a commemorative stretch of highway in his home state of Tennessee. more info

USA Today Music — Legendary late soul musician Isaac Hayes may get a commemorative stretch of highway in his home state of Tennessee. more info

Guardian Music — How much can you say in not many words? Plenty, it would seem, even if it doesn't always make that much senseThe value of brevity, when considered in the whole among a broad range of qualities the majority of which would be deemed by those of a disce... 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

Guardian Music — Shepherd's Bush Empire, London"We've come to the last song of the set," said Tindersticks' Stuart Staples, sounding oddly diffident for someone who has addressed adoring crowds for nearly 20 years. "It's been like a dream, no?"Well, yes and no. If a... more info

Guardian Music — Has a yoga teacher who dreams of Jimi made the global-influenced hip-hop game-changer of 2010? Malik Meer tunes in to GonjasufiUnder his Gonjasufi alias, San Diego-born, Las Vegas-based yoga teacher Sumach Valentine has been called many things â€â... 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

Pop Candy — Turner Classic Movies just unveiled its list of the "15 Most Influential Film Soundtracks." It's full of great choices; I can't disagree with Ennio Morricone or Isaac Hayes or friggin' Star Wars. However, despite its merits, it does appear this list ... more info

Guardian Music — The big-voiced titan of silky soul, who died yesterday aged 59, deserves his place alongside the all-time greatsTeddy Pendergrass, the singer who inspired modern R&B lovermen from R Kelly to Raphael Siddiq, died yesterday, 13 January, at a hospital i... more info