In the summer of 2011, two American iconic musicians met and jammed up a storm. Very few people heard what they created — until now. The 12-track live album “Carry Me Home” is the long-awaited record ...

Mavis Staples. Alongside the late Aretha Franklin, 86-year-old Mavis Staples has been one of the great gospel-inspired soul ...

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 ...

In Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz, the classic 1978 concert movie documenting what was supposed to be the Band’s final concert, Mavis Staples and her old group the Staples Singers backed the Band up ...

The fifth edition of Sunshine Music Festival will return to Mizner Park Amphitheater in downtown Boca Raton on Jan. 15, a carnival of blues, rock and soul led by the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Mavis ...

Mavis Staples will make her return to Nelsonville Music Festival this summer. Also joining the fold will be The Budos Band, Brooklyn act Howard, Samantha Crain and more. The new additions join a ...

It takes a special musician to earn the nickname of “Pops Jr.”, especially when the person who gave it to him is Pops Staples’ legendary daughter Mavis. She should know too, because veteran Rick ...

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