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 ...

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 ...

It took a while for Mavis Staples's solo career to take flight. Earlier solo records (including projects helmed by Prince and Curtis Mayfield) alongside and after Stapless' duties as part of the ...

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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 ...

Legendary soul singer Mavis Staples, age 86, is walking into the front row of the audience at the intimate Soho Sessions, leading a singalong on the chorus of “I’ll Take You There,” the iconic 1972 ...

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 ...