Mavis Staples Magazine - News, Reviews, Albums and Videos
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Jeff Tweedy To Produce Mavis Staples -
Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy will get behind the desk to record the next Mavis Staples album.
Gospel / Soul legend Mavis Staples will record the album in Wilco’s the Irving Park Loft studio in Chicago where the band made ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ and ‘Sky Blue Sky’.
70-year old Mavis Staples began work...
Mavis Staples - Live Hope At The Hideout (2009) -
While it is still sad to hear Mavis Staples' fearless, compassionate vocals not being supported by the gritty but right guitar of the late Pops Staples, she has done well in the new space she finds herself in. This is a hot live set that features the mix of...
Music Review: Leela James - Let's Do It Again -
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Roots soul singer Leela James has worked with some of the greatest soul artists, including mentor James Brown. Recalling the grittiness of Mavis Staples and the neo-soul sound of Angie Stone,...
Mavis Staples - Live: Hope at the Hideout -
Making a well-meaning but fierce political statement, soul/R&B legend Mavis Staples played an intense hometown show at Chicago’s Hideout, celebrating Senator Barack Obama while commemorating African-Americans who died in the struggle for equality. Singing some of the empowering civil rights anthems adorning her 2007 album, We’ll Never Turn Back, Staples...
Simply Grand - Heres a cool concept. On Simply Grand, soul veteran Irma Thomas is paired with 13 of the best pianists around in an all-acoustic setting. Prominent ivory tinklers include Norah Jones, John Medeski, Marcia Ball, Randy Newman and Big Easy homeboys Ellis Marsalis, Jon Cleary and Dr. John. The latter, the...
The Neville Brothers Prevail As Live Legends - Since their debut in 1977 at New Orleans club Tipitina's, the Neville Brothers have been known as one of the best live bands in the country. For years, they shared a booking agent with the Grateful Dead, the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Booker T & the MG's and other legendary...
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