Bob Dylan once called her voice 'deep and mysterious.' Now the Grammy-winning legend and last surviving member of one of ...

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British musician Ala.ni has released a clever new a capella remix of Mavis Staples’ 2019 song, “One More Change.” The track finds Ala.ni isolating Staples’ original vocals then meticulously building ...

When Mavis Staples thinks about her late friend Levon Helm, memories of her family flood into her mind. Decades ago, when Helm and Mavis’ sister Yvonne were regularly talking on the phone about a ...

Mavis Staples remembers. In her new children’s book, Bridges Instead of Walls: The Story of Mavis Staples, she reaches back to when her father determined the type of music that was permissible to play ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Mavis Staples is a walking, talking and -- blessedly -- still singing history book. The 76-year-old voice of the Staple Singers sang behind Martin Luther King Jr., dated Bob Dylan, ...

Bob Dylan has sparred with champion boxers and has his own gym, but that does little to impress Mavis Staples. She and Dylan used to date — he even wanted to marry her — and they toured together in ...

Gospel/soul great Mavis Staples will release her 14th solo studio album, Sad and Beautiful World, on November 7. The 10-track collection features updated versions of tunes spanning “seven decades of ...

Famous local musicians are the inspiration for the names of four new piping plover chicks​ living at Chicago's Montrose Beach ...

In need of good times that don’t cost a dime? You’re in luck: As the weather heats up, the opportunities to have free fun are everywhere in the city. Here are some of our favorites. By Danielle ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, Professor of Television Studies at Rowan University, in for Terry Gross. We're concluding our "Summer Of Soul" series today, listening back to performers who ...