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via Hallels: The Lionsgate hit drama series GREENLEAF has returned for season three onOWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.  This shocking series depicts the never-ending secrets of the Greenleaf family and their Memphis, TN based megachurch.  Each season of the enthralling show has been accompanied by a dynamic music soundtrack.  Lionsgate Music announces the next volume, the highly anticipated GREENLEAF SEASON 3 SOUNDTRACK and featured single […]

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    Today we celebrate a woman who has paved the way for artists down thru the years Happy 79th Birthday to Ms Mavis Staples… Mavis Staples began her career with her family group in 1950. Initially singing locally at churches and appearing on a weekly radio show, the Staples scored a hit in 1956 with “Uncloudy […]

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via eurweb: Music legend Mavis Staples tackles the country’s alarming social climate under Donald Trump with her new album, “If All I Was Was Black,” due Nov. 17. “We’re not loving one another the way we should,” she says in a press release announcing the album. “Some people are saying they want to make the world great again, but […]

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Today the Praise 94.5 Family sends a Happy Birthday to an icon in American Music….Mavis Staples!! Here’s a brief bio: Mavis Staples began her career with her family group in 1950. Initially singing locally at churches and appearing on a weekly radio show, the Staples scored a hit in 1956 with “Uncloudy Day” for the Vee-Jay label. When Mavis […]

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Mavis Staples took her place alongside actor Al Pacino, the rock band the Eagles, Argentine pianist Martha Argerich, and singer-songwriter James Taylor Sunday (Dec. 4) at the 39th Kennedy Center Honors. According to Variety, the honorees were introduced one-by-one at the outset as they entered the presidential box, followed by President Obama and first lady […]

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The gospel singer Mavis Staples has toured the world with her family as part of the Staple Singers, sang for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the height of the civil rights movement, spent weeks on the Billboard charts, experienced a midcareer resurgence in the 1980s thanks largely to Prince, and once turned […]

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Mavis’ voice isn’t Sunday morning. It’s not easy like a spring breeze or a walk in the park at sunset. Mavis’ voice is hearty, robust, sometimes scratchy and always potent, and while our parents may know of the importance and musical necessity it is to have The Staple Singers in their iTunes playlist, Jessica Edwards HBO […]

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Gospel legend and civil rights icon Mavis Staples is still turning heads with her stunning new album of spirituals, One True Vine. Rolling Stone described it as “gorgeous.” The Washington Post called the project “pure faith in a refreshing artistic package,” and the Chicago Tribuneconcluded it reaffirmed Staples’ place “as one of the great voices of the last half-century.” Staples first […]

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The Grammy’s are just around the corner and it looks like there is a lot of anticipation in the air, with several dynamic artists up for the coveted award. Among them is Mavis Staples, offspring of the one-and-only, legendary Pop Staples, who gave her some words of encouragement back in the day. “‘You all are […]