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

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 ...

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

Lee Fisher listens to one of the best album's of Mavis Stales' already illustrious career and finds the singer bringing all ...

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 ...

Legendary gospel-soul singer Mavis Staples made her name with her family band, but she’s made some of the best music of her career over the last decade with a surprising series of collaborators.

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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 ...

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 ...