Two vital American musicians met and jammed together in the summer of 2011 when legendary singer Mavis Staples visited her good friend Levon Helm of The Band in Woodstock, New York ...

Watch Mavis Staples perform The Band's 'The Weight' with Win Butler, Greg Allman, ... Mavis Staples: I’ll Take You There — An All-Star Concert Celebration airs at 10 PM.

In Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz, the classic 1978 concert movie documenting what was supposed to be the Band’s final concert, Mavis Staples and her old group the Staples Singers backed the ...

Hozier covered The Band's song 'The Weight' with Mavis Staples, Joan Baez and more at the Newport Folk Festival last week. Watch footage.

Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples perform onstage during the Mavis Staples’ 85th: All-Star Birthday Celebration at YouTube Theater on April 18, 2024 in Inglewood, California.

Mavis Staples has been a gospel singer longer than Elizabeth II has worn the crown. During concerts, sometimes, she might take a seat and rest while someone in her band bangs out a solo for a ...

An 85th birthday party concert for Mavis Staples included Hozier, Chris Stapleton, Black Pumas, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Grace Potter and more.

It wouldn't be a Newport Folk Festival without Mavis Staples leading an ensemble sing-along of "The Weight." Staples was not on the bill at this year's festival, so the crowd roared even louder ...

Mavis Staples, the voice of gospel, soul and folk anthems, has a return engagement June 29 at the Brevard Music Center.

The Solid Soul Tour . Featuring Mavis Staples and Joan Osborne. When: 8 p.m. Friday. Where: Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. Length: The whole show clocked in at just 110 minutes ...

If we had the ability to assess who is the most beloved figure in music — not in overall numbers, but sheer adoration, per capita and per peer — it likely wouldn’t be Taylor or Beyoncé but ...