The Stax Music Academy in Memphis is marking its 25th anniversary with Black History Month-themed concerts on March 28.

Here are some of The Associated Press’ favorite music documentaries of the year — in no particular order — along with where to find them.

A federal judge in Atlanta has ruled that Donald Trump and his campaign must stop using the song “Hold On, I’m Coming.”.

Pop powerhouses, American classics, British artists and estates of deceased legends — many musicians have objected to former president Donald Trump using their songs at campaign events.

Easy listening, some called Burt Bacharach's music, and not always kindly.

Popular composer Burt Bacharach has died at 94.

Jim Stewart, the white Tennessee farm boy and fiddle player who co-founded the influential Stax Records with his sister in a Black, inner-city Memphis neighborhood and helped build the soulful “Memphis sound,” has died at age 92.

A performance by master keyboardist Booker T.

Canadian singer-songwriter Allison Russell tearfully accepted the album of the year award for her debut solo record “Outside Child” at the Americana Honors and Awards.

Melvin Van Peebles, a Broadway playwright, musician and movie director whose work ushered in the “blaxploitation” films of the 1970s, has died.