Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After a career keeping the beat for funk band the Bar-Kays, Columbus drummer Michael Beard died Aug. 25. He was 69 years old. When ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis musician launched a creative residency in Soulsville, helping local artists. For James Alexander, ...

Memphis soul band The Bar-Kays will be honored with the 2023 AutoZone Liberty Bowl Outstanding Achievement Award and will star in the "halftime spectacular" of the game on Dec. 29, it was announced ...

HOSTING A RECORDING SESSION FOR A FOUNDING MEMBER OF ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL R&B AND FUNK BANDS IN AMERICAN MUSIC HISTORY. >> YES. SO JAMES ALEXANDER, FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE LEGENDARY BAR-KAYS, IS ...

After 47 years as lead vocalist of the iconic funk, soul and R&B group, “The Bar-Kays,” is Larry Dodson really retiring? “It’s true,” said Dodson, in an exclusive interview with EURweb.com. “Everybody ...

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 ...

ELKHART — This year’s Leroy Robinson Southern Soul & Soul Music Festival at The Lerner Theatre, Aug. 10-17, features two iconic bands whose music helped define generations: The Bar-Kays and Lakeside.

The Lerner Theatre has announced an updated lineup for the Leroy Robinson Southern Soul & Soul Music Festival at 7 p.m. Aug. 14.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis musician launched a creative residency in Soulsville, helping local artists. For James Alexander, founding bassist of the Bar-Kays and the group’s last surviving original ...