On August 20, 1972, Stax Records brought its biggest stars to Los Angeles for a marathon concert. "Wattstax" is now being commemorated with a new box set and the theatrical re-release of a 1973 ...

The summer of 1972 was a decisive time for Raymond Shields. He'd just graduated from high school and was about to leave Los Angeles behind to study at Northwestern University. It was a summer of house ...

When "Wattstax" makes its national television debut on the PBS series "P.O.V." Wednesday, it will have come full circle after a journey to obscurity and back. When the film, a documentary about a 1972 ...

In a summer full of anniversaries, the 1972 Wattstax concert in Los Angeles probably doesn't stick out. But Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia, of NPR's What's Good With Stretch and Bobbito podcast, ...

In 1973, Mel Stuart -- hitherto best known for directing "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" -- released an extraordinary film that has percolated under the public radar ever since. "Wattstax," a ...

On Aug. 20, 1972, the Wattstax Benefit Concert was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Organized by Stax Records and held in honor of the seventh anniversary of the 1965 Watts riots in Los ...

Set to Include Performances by Stax luminaries Isaac Hayes, Staple Singers, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Albert King, Little Milton, Johnnie Taylor, Bar-Kays, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, David Porter, ...

Stax Records’ historic 1972 soul festival finally gets its due with a new 12-disc box set, presenting a pop label at its imperial peak and an unmediated vision of Blackness for a rapt audience. Save ...

The producers of Wattstax had a problem when it came to the industry's rating system. Intended for family audiences, their movie followed along as multiple Stax Records-affiliated R&B and soul legends ...

It was spoken of as sort of a black Woodstock. It featured artists like Isaac Hayes and the Staple Singers. And it was right here in L.A. But judging by its absence in conversations about the ‘60s and ...