The post Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy Perform “Freedom Highway” on Colbert: Watch appeared first on Consequence. Delivering a spirited rendition of The Staple Singers’ song, “Freedom Highway” — which ...

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 Mavis ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Chicago Live!," returns to Navy Pier Saturday, Sept. 23, and Sunday, Sept. 24. More than 600 artists, representing 80 Chicago-based performing groups, will perform back-to-back on ...

More than 80 musical, dance and theatrical acts - including Mavis Staples performing at 8 p.m. Saturday - will grace three stages on Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago, as Chicago Live presents two ...

Mavis Staples is known as many things: soul hitmaker, civil rights trailblazer, 21st-century torchbearer of American gospel ...

Mavis Staples's new album hums with a hope that could only be delivered by the 86-year-old’s raspy contralto. It is titled ...

Now in its seventh decade, Mavis Staples' career has taken her through chart-topping hits with the gospel-soul family band The Staple Singers, performances for Martin Luther King Jr., enshrinement in ...

Most venues are still following COVID-19 guidelines, including reduced capacity, social distancing and masks. Several shows require proof of the vaccine or a negative test. Maddie & Tae: Country. 7 ...

*The national treasure that is Mavis Staples sat down with us in the summer of 1993 to talk about her new album “The Voice.” Little did we know that in addition to the honor of just being in her ...

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