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

Soul and gospel singer Mavis Staples turned 86 years old this year, but she hasn’t slowed down—she’s even releasing a new ...

*”Yesterday, I lost a dear friend, my son,” 76-year-old music legend Mavis Staples said from the Coachella stage on Friday. “I’m talking about Prince. He was my angel.” In the seven years Staples was ...

Following the release of her new album, the luminous (and legendary) singer came to Portsmouth to kick off a dozen or so tour ...

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 ...

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 ...

Keith Richards, Mavis Staples, Norah Jones and Warren Haynes performed at an intimate benefit for the Association for ...

If you judge people by the company that they keep, Mavis Staples must be one of the most noteworthy members of her generation. Just think about it, the 85-year-old Staples – the sole survivor and ...

On Sunday, June 8, I sat in a gentle rain at the Chicago Blues Festival with thousands of others, waiting for Mavis Staples to take the stage. At 85, Staples is an icon, with songs that include “Why? ...