We've all been exposed to the music of Isaac Hayes. His film soundtracks and jazz-tinged funk have had their effect. Today he's also known for his role as a school cafeteria worker in the animated ...

The decision to truncate album tracks for the singles market set a pattern. Follow-up album The Isaac Hayes Movement opened with a just-short of 12-minute cover of “I Stand Accused,” originally a 1964 ...

"Album ReCue" celebrates 50th anniversaries: 1971 releases chosen by FUV hosts. Above, an archive of Alisa Ali's conversation with Darren DeVivo about his selection, Isaac Hayes's watershed Shaft ...

Today, we lost a musical giant. Isaac Hayes died today, just ten days before his 66th birthday. He was found by his wife at home, unconscious on the floor, near a still running treadmill. Times would ...

You’ve had number one songs, won Grammy awards, you’re a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and you’re the first African-American to win a non-acting Oscar. When you get one of those children ...