Mavis Staples
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Biography
A descendant of The Staples Singers, a group she joined in the 1960s, Mavis Staples (b. Chicago, July 10, 1939) embarked on a solo career marked by a soulful blend of gospel, blues and country. After the remarkable Only for the Lonely (1970) and some disco-pop wanderings, the daughter of Roebuck "Pops" Staples returned to her gospel roots on Have a Little Faith (2004) and We'll Never Turn Back (2007). Subsequent albums for the Anti- label, You Are Not Alone (2010), One True Vine (2013) and If All I Was Was Black (2017), were produced by Jeff Tweedy, composer and guitarist with the band Wilco. After his collaborations with Arcade Fire and Gorillaz, the soul legend once again responded to the courting advances of rockers, working with Ben Harper, who wrote and produced We Get By for him in 2019. Six years later, the great voice of Southern soul is back with Sad and Beautiful World, with its country and rock accents.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- You Are Not Alone
- Wrote A Song For Everyone
- Sometime
- Brothers and Sisters
- Change
- Build a Bridge
- Action
- Walk This Road by Mavis Staples
- A House Is Not A Home
- Ain't No Doubt About It by Jeff Tweedy
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- Last Train
- I Belong To The Band
- Step Into The Light
- Creep Along Moses
- There's A Devil On The Loose
- Someday by Mavis Staples
- Boulder To Birmingham (Live) featuring Rodney Crowell
- I've Been Buked by North Mississippi Allstars
- Touch My Heart
- Circle Intro (encore)
- Why Am I Treated So Bad
- Freedom Highway
- Waiting For My Child
