There are vocalists, there are singers and then there are voices — the first aims for the ear, the second for the brain, the third for the heart. A voice turns a composition into an emotional ...

In 2014, the life and career of Mavis Staples was celebrated in a massive hometown tribute concert in Chicago called “I'll Take You There: Celebrating 75 Years of Mavis Staples.” The lineup featured ...

The same month that Staples released We Get By, she was feted via three all-star concerts, produced by Newport Folk, under the umbrella title of "Mavis & Friends: Celebrating 80 Years of Mavis Staples ...

Certain incorrect circles know Mavis Staples best for teaming up with The Band in The Last Waltz to deliver an iconic version of their most well-known song “The Weight.” While the airing of her 75th ...

Mavis Staples, whose titanic career spans the civil rights movement, Soul Train and solo work with Curtis Mayfield, Prince and Jeff Tweedy, closed... Newport Folk Festival programmers like to close ...

Mavis Staples, Arcade Fire‘s Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, Jeff Tweedy, Gregg Allman and more deliver a bombastic cover of the Band‘s “The Weight” in a new clip from the upcoming concert special, ...

The gospel-soul singer's career is outlined in the doc 'Mavis!' which also makes note of her and Bob Dylan’s romantic moment at a festival during the mid-'60s. By Chris Willman The gospel-soul Staple ...

For the little girl with the big voice from the South Side of Chicago, it’s been an unforgettable journey. Mavis Staples has been singing since the 1940s. She was nominated for her first Grammy in ...

The post Mavis Staples Announces New Album, Sad And Beautiful World, Covers Kevin Morby’s “Beautiful Strangers”: Stream appeared first on Consequence. The 10-track album (her first since 2019’s We Get ...

Staples is joined by a variety of guest artists on the album, including Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, Nathaniel Rateliff, Derek Trucks, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, and more. [RELATED: ...