AUSTIN — For a documentary about Leon Russell, “A Poem is a Naked Person” doesn’t make the Tulsa Sound pioneer and eclectic musician the star of the show. It’s about the world around Russell in the ...

The acclaimed filmmaker Les Blank, who died in 2013, dug deep into American vernacular culture in his documentaries. Regional food and music were his focus, and, as a Tulane graduate, he famously ...

Leon Russell, seen here circa 1970, is the subject of a new tribute album, "A Song for Leon." (Michael Ochs Archives) Anyone tracing a path through the history of American soul music could do worse ...

First-call session player, producer and arranger, band leader, song writer, showman, recording artist, solo star at different points in his life, Leon Russell was all of these things. LEON RUSSELL: ...

HBO Documentary Films has acquired the rights to the film "The Union," which follows the musical collaboration and friendship between Elton John and his longtime idol, Tulsa's own rock legend Leon ...

A superstar cast of musicians has joined forces to honor the late great song master Leon Russell. A tribute album, titled A Song For Leon, will see genre-spanning artists like Orville Peck, the Pixies ...

Margo Price, U.S. Girls, Pixies, and more artists will appear on a new Leon Russell tribute album titled A Song For Leon, coming September 8. (The Southern rock legend died in 2016.) Additional ...