Long before Mavis Staples became a Grammy-winning solo artist and a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, her unmistakable voice left an indelible impression on a young Bob Dylan. As Staples celebrates ...

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Mavis Staples is known as many things: soul hitmaker, civil rights trailblazer, 21st-century torchbearer of American gospel music, roots music luminary, world-class entertainer, and singular lead ...

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Gospel/soul great Mavis Staples will release her 14th solo studio album, Sad and Beautiful World, on November 7. The 10-track collection features updated versions of tunes spanning “seven decades of ...

Mavis Staples remembers. In her new children’s book, Bridges Instead of Walls: The Story of Mavis Staples, she reaches back to when her father determined the type of music that was permissible to play ...

Mavis Staples is a legendary singer who will be one of many taking the stage during Let’s Go Crazy: The GRAMMY Salute to Prince on April 21. The concert, which was filmed back in January, will honor ...

With her bold new album,”You Are Not Alone,” this legendary vocalist adds a remarkable new chapter to an historic career. Mavis Staples is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement ...

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, ...

Staples began singing with her family as a teenager. The Staple Singers started out in gospel, but moved over to pop, eventually playing the '69 Harlem Cultural Festival. Originally broadcast in 1989.

In December, soul singer Mavis Staples received a Kennedy Center Honor and earlier in 2016 she released a new album called Livin' on a High Note. But today, we're digging into the past to talk about ...

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