Sam Phillips first opened the doors of his Memphis, Tenn., record studio on Jan. 3, 1950. Known first as the Memphis Record Studio, then later re-opened as Sun Studio, the venue has come to hold a ...

The independent music scene in Asheville, North Carolina is having quite a moment. Artists like Wednesday, MJ Lenderman, Indigo De Souza, and Angel Olsen are all topping the indie charts, performing ...

In this installment of our series on famous studios, we profile Sun, which was arguably the birthplace of rock and roll and launched the career of Elvis Presley. By Jim Evans. Sun Studio was opened in ...

Sun Studio is the body around which Memphis music orbits — and where it all began. Jim Stewart at Stax saw Sam Phillips selling records and bought his own recorder. Two of the founders of Hi Records ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– The legendary Sun Studio named as Trip Advisor’s third best tourist attraction in the country today. “We get folks from all over the world, it’s a great story. People get moved by this ...

Nina Kathleen Jones has worked at Sun Studio for most of the past decade, starting as a tour guide and working as its manager for the last five years. She has relayed the history of Sun thousands of ...

As part of World Cafe's "Sense of Place" spotlight on Memphis, Tenn., we have an interview with Sam Phillips, founder of the famed Sun Studio. In 2002, a year before the legendary producer died, ...