Now in its seventh decade, Mavis Staples' career has taken her through chart-topping hits with the gospel-soul family band The Staple Singers, performances for Martin Luther King Jr., enshrinement in ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few groups in American music history carry the cultural, spiritual, and social weight of The Staple Singers. Led by Roebuck “Pops” Staples and anchored by the powerful, soulful voice ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 86-year-old legend Mavis Staples has rounded up a star-studded cast of collaborators for her new album, Sad and Beautiful World, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mavis Staples is known as many things: soul hitmaker, civil rights trailblazer, 21st-century torchbearer of American gospel music, ...

Mavis Staples ' latest album hums with hope that could only be delivered by the 86-year-old American treasure’s raspy contralto. “Sad and Beautiful World” sees the gospel and R&B icon, who briefly ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — One day after releasing her latest album, the luminous gospel-soul singer Mavis Staples came to Portsmouth to kick off a dozen or so tour dates. “We opened this joint,” she noted ...

Free Press Summer Fest left behind a mixed bag of memories over its nine years, but at least one is a true gem: a YouTube clip of Mavis Staples singing “The Weight” in June 2013. Even for Houston, the ...

Critic’s 2025 Top 10 centers on women artists; S.G. Goodman to Staples. Selected albums emphasize loss, reconciliation and small-town introspection. Range spans gospel, bluegrass, country, folk, jazz ...

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 ...