In the spring of 2015 Mavis Staples, this week's FUV Essentials artist, released the gem Your Good Fortune, an uplifting four-song EP produced by Son Little. It was an inspired collaboration ...

Mavis Staples will release a new album, ‘Sad and Beautiful World,’ this fall that features Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Jeff ...

Thanks in large part to the labors of Mavis Staples, this is beginning to change. The 10 tracks here, 9 of which are included in a Spotify playlist at the bottom of this post, are culled from ...

Named one of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll by VH1 and one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone, Mavis Staples performs 1.17 at Sweetwater Music Hall to benefit Blue ...

Staples tackles a wide range of material on Sad and Beautiful World, including songs popularized by Curtis Mayfield, Tom ...

“We’ve come tonight to bring you some joy, some happiness, some inspiration, and some positive vibrations,” Chicago’s own Mavis Staples begins her latest album, Mavis Staples Live: Hope at ...

[r] Mavis Staples is one of the greatest singers of our time -- a gospel, soul, and R&B vocalist known for her deep, rich voice. She began as the lead singer of The Staple Singers, a family gospel ...