A live music event is planned for this month to celebrate the history of Little Rock’s True Soul Records.
A panel discussion will accompany the performance at 7 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave. in downtown Little Rock.
Lee Anthony started True Soul Records in Little Rock in 1968, according to a news release about the event, which describes him as a pioneer of Little Rock soul music.
Anthony opened up the first black-owned record store in Arkansas, Soul Brothers, in 1966. The store is said to have anchored Little Rock’s soul and funk scene at the time.
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True Soul Records operated from 1968 to the mid-1980s.