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  1. 26. Apr. 2024 · Mavis Staples marched with Dr. King in the 1960s and played at the White House for Barack Obama, spanning two defining points in American history. John Kessler. John has worked as a professional bassist for 20 years, including a 15 year stint as Musical Director of the Mountain Stage radio program. John has been at KNKX since 1999 where he ...

  2. Vor 6 Tagen · Staples recalled her father, Roebuck “Pops” Staples, saying of King: “I like this man's message. I think if he could preach it, we can sing it.” The Staple Singers would go on to create iconic hits including “I’ll Take You There” and “Freedom Highway”—songs that helped provide the soundtrack for the Civil Rights era. More ...

  3. 4. Mai 2024 · By Hal Horowitz. It seems unimaginable. How could Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers’ iconic lead vocalist, find herself in the early 00s thinking she had no future as an artist? After Pops Staples passed in 2000, the band dissolved.

  4. Vor 2 Tagen · Musical Messages: Mavis Staples selects her greatest songs. Tim Coffman. Mon 13 May 2024 2:00, UK. Mavis Staples has earned the legacy that most R&B singers only dream of. From making some of the foundational songs of the genre back in the early 1960s to still sounding as breathtaking as ever towards the end of her career, her work with both ...

  5. 26. Apr. 2024 · Mavis Staples turns 85 on July 10 this year. Twenty years ago, in 2004, Staples released her sixth studio album, Have a Little Faith, on Alligator Records. For close to a decade, Staples had not released any new music, and during those years her father, “Pops” Staples, died, and her sister Cleotha was seriously ill. On Have a Little Faith Staples delivers stirring vocal performances of ...

  6. 2. Mai 2024 · The Staple Singers’ transition to soul and rhythm and blues began in the late 1960s, when they signed with Stax Records—the same label on which Staples recorded her solo debut, Mavis Staples, in 1969.

  7. 18. Apr. 2024 · In het funky groovy Pops Recipe brengt Mavis een eerbetoon aan haar vader Pops Staples (1914-2000). Mavis is geweldig op dreef in Have A Little Faith, de in gospelsoul gedrenkte titelsong met een optimistische boodschap. God Is Not Sleeping is een van de gevoeligste songs van het album. A Dying Man’s Plea is een traditional met extra tekst ...