The latest solo album from the 86-year-old legend is collection of 10 songs that pulls from 70 years of a great musical ...

Mavis Staples is known as many things: soul hitmaker, civil rights trailblazer, 21st-century torchbearer of American gospel ...

All in all Sad and Beautiful World is another always welcome collection of Staples’ mastery and it’s very much in evidence that she remains at the top of her game. ( ...

Now 86, she should be taking it easy, assured her wars have been won. Yet, here we are in 2025, and the last member standing ...

Following the release of her new album, the luminous (and legendary) singer came to Portsmouth to kick off a dozen or so tour ...

Mavis Staples's new album hums with a hope that could only be delivered by the 86-year-old’s raspy contralto. It is titled ...

Apart from hip-hop and the occasional rock or country song, these times of protest and divisiveness lack the musical voices ...

At 86, Mavis Staples is still a force of nature. Her new album Sad And Beautiful World arrives 7 November, featuring Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt and Jeff Tweedy — a powerful testament to her seven-decade ...

86-year-old legend Mavis Staples has rounded up a star-studded cast of collaborators for her new album, Sad and Beautiful World, arriving Nov. 7 from Anti-. The Brad Cook-produced project is led by ...

Next month, Mavis Staples will turn 85. The legendary singer already celebrated in April with a concert featuring Chris Stapleton, Grace Potter, Hozier, and more; today, she’s releasing the new Prince ...

In this week's episode of Rob Reinhart's Essential Music, some songs from, and covers of Neil Young as he approaches his 80th birthday next week! Also, the great Mavis Staples with a new single, ...

A lot of artists in the soul/gospel/R&B genre can trace their inspiration back to Mavis Staples, even if it’s a six-degrees-of-separation-type scenario. She’s a legend in the industry and as a civil ...