Texas Standard

This week in Texas music history: Alan Lomax records the Soul Stirrers in Austin

The Houston-based group was in Austin for the weekend, and Lomax took time off his studies at the University of Texas to set ...

Grammy Hall of Fame inducts recordings by Texas acts Selena, Lucinda Williams and The Soul Stirrers

Selena's 'Amor Prohibido' album is one of several being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Recordings by 2Pac, Heart, Janet Jackson, Lucinda Williams, Nick Drake, Radiohead, Selena, The Soul Stirrers, and More Inducted to Grammy Hall of Fame®

Today, the Recording Academy® revealed the 2026 inducted recordings to the distinguished Grammy Hall Of Fame®. This year’s additions include nine albums and five songs that exhibit qualitative or ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Sam Cooke’s career began in Pine Bluff

Legendary soul artist Sam Cooke got his start performing with the Soul Stirrers in Pine Bluff. Samuel Cook, known professionally as Sam Cooke, was born on Jan. 22, 1931, in Clarksdale, Miss., to ...
Moviefone

His Eye Is on the Sparrow (2006)

16mmDigital colorbwsound Bruce Conner began working on By and By a documentary about The Soul Stirrers several decades ago shooting their reunion concert with four cameras and accumulating interview ...