Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mavis Staples is known as many things: soul hitmaker, civil rights trailblazer, 21st-century torchbearer of American gospel music, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 86-year-old legend Mavis Staples has rounded up a star-studded cast of collaborators for her new album, Sad and Beautiful World, ...

In light of an impending winter storm in Nashville, the Ryman Auditorium and Opry House have canceled a handful of shows.

Mavis Staples ' latest album hums with hope that could only be delivered by the 86-year-old American treasure’s raspy contralto. “Sad and Beautiful World” sees the gospel and R&B icon, who briefly ...

Mavis Staples has announced a new solo album, Sad and Beautiful World, arriving on November 7. Produced by Brad Cook, it’s a covers album that finds the multigenerational legend taking on songs by ...

As liner notes to her 2025 album, Sad and Beautiful World (Epitaph Records) rightly maintain, "Few people wield the combination of moral authority and musical artistry that Mavis possesses." The ...

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.