For the little girl with the big voice from the South Side of Chicago, it’s been an unforgettable journey. Mavis Staples has been singing since the 1940s. She was nominated for her first Grammy in ...

Singer Mavis Staples is 76 years old, but still remembers vividly the first time she ever performed with her family in public. "I was 8," she says from Los Angeles. "We went and sang at my Aunt ...

Neko Case and Mavis Staples both have glorious voices that can stop you in your tracks, and when they’ve got you in their grip, they both make sure to impart serious ideas about what it means to be ...

Mavis Staples is sitting in the lounge of her tour bus outside the Tower Theater in Philadelphia, telling a story about her current tourmate, Bob Dylan. The other day, Dylan asked Staples to rehearse ...

Mavis Staples at Farm Aid at the First Merit Bank Pavillion at Northerly Island on September 19th, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) Photo: Paul Natkin/Getty Images “I’ve ...

Soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples plays our game called "Hello, I'm looking for a dozen highlighter pens in a fluorescent green." Originally broadcast Dec. 20, 2008. BILL KURTIS, BYLINE: From NPR ...

Jay Leno shared that his wife, Mavis, who is battling advanced dementia, has "still got the fire" that defined her long before her diagnosis. The 75-year-old former late-night host has been married to ...

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 28: Mavis Staples performs onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards "Let's Go Crazy" The GRAMMY Salute To Prince on January 28, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

Welcome to the first edition of Friday 5. This is a feature post that I plan on airing regularly to briefly highlight five apps each week. These don’t necessarily have to be new apps or popular apps, ...

In the early 1960s, the famed Chicago-based gospel outfit the Staples Singers were on tour when they went to see Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. preach. Afterward, back at their hotel, guitarist and ...