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 ...

Mavis Staples has announced a new album. Produced by Brad Cook, Sad and Beautiful World combines original material with covers of songs by Tom Waits, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Frank Ocean, ...

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, ...

A legendary performer who will turn 85 next month on July 10, Mavis Staples continues to be a tour-de-force in music and a voice for the voiceless in today’s divided society. Well known for her work ...

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 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 has announced her 15th solo studio album, Sad and Beautiful World. Set to release on Nov. 7 via Anti-, the rhythm and blues and gospel legend’s follow-up to 2019’s We Get By once again ...

(ANTI- Records) More than seventy years after a high-school a cappella teacher tried and failed to change her singing style, Mavis Staples has one of the most recognizable voices in the world. Her new ...

Halfway through a St. Paul concert that matched her own stature — short but powerful — Mavis Staples hammered away on lines that seemed to explain why she’s still taking us there at age 86. “I won’t ...

Mavis Staples revisits songs forever associated with the civil rights movement on her new album, "We'll Never Turn Back," her debut for Anti-. Due April 24, the 12-track set was produced by Ry… By ...

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 ...

In 1962, Mavis Staples and her family took the stage at Mandel Hall for the University of Chicago Folk Festival. In between bluegrass bands and bluesmen, the gospel group shook the crowd with their ...