Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples, the grande dame of the legendary Staple Singers, has spent much of her solo
career striving for pop crossover, but here she revisits the earthy, guitar-centered
soul-gospel sound that made her group such a consciousness-raising force in the 1960s.
Talk about an overdue return: She's inspired to lean back and roar with all her heart, and
though the songs of Faith aren't uniformly top-shelf, her performances definitely... More >