Mavis Staples is just a kid, plopped cross-legged on the living room floor. Her father, Roebuck "Pops" Staples, is strumming his old six-string, teaching his youngest daughter and her siblings ...

In 1965, only weeks after the bloody Selma-to-Montgomery freedom march, Pops Staples wrote the landmark protest song “Freedom Highway,” which his family debuted only weeks later before a ...

Before his death in 2000, Roebuck “Pops” Staples gave the world nearly five decades’ worth of gospel and soul, both on his own and as the leader of the Staples Singers, the family singing ...

Interview: Mavis Staples Is Still Going Strong at 75. ... Roebuck “Pops” Staples, through to release this year. Staples continues to tour and perform, and just released a new EP, ...

Tribune music critic Greg Kot‘s new book, “I’ll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers and the March Up Freedom’s Highway” (Scribner) is out Tuesday. It traces the rise of ...

Ms. Staples was a child when she started singing with her father (Roebuck “Pops” Staples) and siblings (Cleotha, Yvonne, and Pervis) in the 1940s. ... The Story of Mavis Staples here.

Mavis Staples [May 2019 update: Her twelfth solo album, We Get By, is a collection of new songs written and produced by Ben Harper, which deftly spans gospel, blues, soul, and funk.

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 remembers when her father, Pops, heard Dylan for the first time and how Dylan’s protest lyrics influenced their family in return. Search Query Show Search. News.

Music legend Mavis Staples will celebrate her 85th birthday in style, with a star-studded celebration to be held Thursday, April 18, at YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California, and produced by ...

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 ...