Mavis Staples was insistent, fired up, growling those words on stage at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, CA last Thursday, her blue duster shaking around her tensed, compact body. “I won’t let you!” ...

Willie Nelson isn’t the only entertainer with a slew of friends ready to hit the stage with him. Yesterday (February 12), music legend Mavis Staples announced her plans to commemorate her 85th ...

Mavis Staples will celebrate her birthday a few months early with the star-studded Mavis Staples 85th: All Star Birthday Concert. The event, scheduled for April 18 at Los Angeles’ YouTube Theater, ...

A dashing, Michigan-born chart-topping country star; an introspective folk-rock duo; a trail-blazing warrior-poet with more than 20 studio records; and, well, the Mavis Staples all happen to have some ...

There is nothing outwardly professorial in appearance or demeanor about Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples, whose joint 2022 tour concluded Tuesday night in San Diego with a sold-out concert at The Rady ...

Fort Mose Historic State Park seems an unlikely place to stage a concert series. Tucked between U.S. 1 and a huge marsh on the north side of St. Augustine, Fort Mose is made up of two boardwalks, a ...

As the world counts down the days until the start of a new decade, living legend Mavis Staples has already entered her eighth one on Earth. The singer, whose indelible voice soundtracked the Civil ...

On this episode of Tiny Desk Radio, Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present a trio of artists with close ties to blues music: soul music legend Mavis Staples, jazz vocalist Gregory Porter and singer, ...

As live events continue to return following a forced layoff amidst pandemic, the Hot Stove Cool Music benefit concert series is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary Friday night in Chicago. Following ...