Mavis Staples

Bruce Hornsby Taps Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, Mavis Staples for 'Rehab Reunion'

PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2016

Back when Bon Iver mastermind Justin Vernon was working on what would become his self-titled sophomore LP, he noted that much of the materi...

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"Jesus Lay Down Beside Me"

PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2016

While R&B singer Mavis Staples is due to drop her collaborative Livin' on a High Note by the end of the week, the artist has graced the fa...

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"Action"

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2016

Mavis Staples is finally set to deliver Livin' on a High Note later this week and has shared another new track ahead of the album dropping....

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"Dedicated" (written by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and M. Ward)

PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2016

As previously reported, R&B legend Mavis Staples has teamed up with a great deal of contemporary artists to create a new album called Livin...

Mavis Staples Taps Nick Cave, Neko Case, M. Ward for 'Livin' on a High Note'

PUBLISHED Jan 7, 2016

Much to our good fortune, R&B great Mavis Staples has announced she'll be following up her 2015 EP Your Good Fortune with a new album calle...

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'Your Good Fortune' (EP stream)

PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2015

Mavis Staples recently announced plans to embrace a more contemporary sound by working with producer Son Little, and now the fruits of thei...

Mavis Staples Announces 'Your Good Fortune' EP, Shares Title Track

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2015

Soul legend Mavis Staples recently helped to finish off a posthumous album by her dad Pops Staples, but now she's pressing ahead with some...

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Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax NS, October 9

PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2014

Two songs into her set, just before launching into a lively cover of Talking Heads' "Slippery People," Mavis Staples paused to roll up her...