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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

We Get By, Mavis Staples’ 12th studio album, out today, opens with a mission statement: “Gotta change around here.” Since she first began singing with her family — her father, Pops, and siblings ...

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 ...

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 ...

Just a few months ago, Mavis Staples‘ manager called her with some unexpected news: Bob Dylan wanted her serve as the opening act on his summer tour. “I was very surprised,” says Staples. “And it was ...

Jay Leno is glad he stayed committed to wife Mavis. The former "Tonight Show" host discussed staying true to his vows and being a dedicated caretaker to Mavis Leno, 78, amid her "advanced" dementia ...

Exactly five years ago, in February, 2009, I travelled to Paris to interview Mavis Gallant for Granta. It was my second trip to Paris, my first after discovering her work. And so it was her Paris in ...

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, ...