Big Star And Ardent Music On World Cafe. January 16, 2013 6:54 PM ET. From. ... Tenn., moves away from soul music to the place where some of the seminal American power-pop records were created.

He was an independent soul and he always had definite ideas about where he wanted to go with this thing, except for maybe the first Big Star record. That was pretty much Chris Bell’s direction.

Our "Sense of Place" spotlight on Memphis wouldn't be complete without visiting Ardent Studios, where the power-pop royalty in Big Star recorded three albums. We speak with the group's drummer ...

In late 2017, Betty Fry became the 100% owner of Ardent Studios (though a group of partners, including Scholes, retained shares in the company’s music publishing side). Then, in early 2018 ...