Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If we had the ability to assess who is the most beloved figure in music — not in overall numbers, but sheer adoration, per capita ...

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 ...

Poway OnStage will have a wide mix of performances and music genres during its 2026-27 season, which opens with Grammy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mavis Staples is known as many things: soul hitmaker, civil rights trailblazer, 21st-century torchbearer of American gospel music, ...

Mavis Staples is a legendary singer who will be one of many taking the stage during Let’s Go Crazy: The GRAMMY Salute to Prince on April 21. The concert, which was filmed back in January, will honor ...

Mavis Staples remembers. In her new children’s book, Bridges Instead of Walls: The Story of Mavis Staples, she reaches back to when her father determined the type of music that was permissible to play ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Mavis Staples is a walking, talking and -- blessedly -- still singing history book. The 76-year-old voice of the Staple Singers sang behind Martin Luther King Jr., dated Bob Dylan, ...

Bob Dylan has sparred with champion boxers and has his own gym, but that does little to impress Mavis Staples. She and Dylan used to date — he even wanted to marry her — and they toured together in ...

Mavis Staples, the classic soul and gospel singer from Chicago, and Joan Osborne, who’s had a soulful career of her own, combine their musical resources for the “Solid Soul” tour. Running through ...

The Love Rocks charity concert has become one of New York’s most decorated nights of rock ’n’ roll. By Alex Vadukul and Nina Westervelt Catch up on recent releases from Robyn, Oneohtrix Point Never, ...

Mavis Staples is one of America's defining voices of freedom and peace. Her family's gospel group, The Staples Singers, led by her father Roebuck "Pops" Staples, marched with Dr. Martin Luther King ...

Stephen Colbert presented Mavis Staples the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 58th annual National Arts Awards Monday night in New York City. But first he had to explain the somewhat bizarre reason he ...