Mavis Staples

Upcoming shows

Fri Oct 23 Newark, United States · New Jersey Performing Arts Center Tickets
Sun Oct 25 Rutland, United States · Paramount Theatre Tickets
Thu Nov 12 Indianapolis, United States · The Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts Tickets
Thu Nov 12 Carmel, United States · The Palladium at The Center for the Performing Arts (The Palladium) Tickets
Sat Nov 14 Jackson, United States · The National Folk Festival Tickets
Tue Jan 12 Eugene, United States · Hult Center for the Performing Arts Tickets
Sat Jan 16 Bellingham, United States · Mount Baker Theatre Tickets
Sat Jan 30 Ann Arbor, United States · Ann Arbor Folk Festival Tickets
Fri Feb 12 Palm Springs, United States · Plaza Theatre Tickets
Sun Apr 4 Knoxville, United States · Big Ears Festivalwith Wilco Tickets

Tour dates elsewhere: Bandsintown · Songkick

About

Mavis Staples (born July 10, 1939) is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer and civil rights activist. Named one of the "Greatest Singers of all Time" by Rolling Stone, she rose to fame as a member of her family's band the Staple Singers, of which she is the last surviving member. During her time in the group, she recorded the hit singles "I'll Take You There" and "Let's Do It Again". In 1969, Staples released her self-titled debut solo album.

Staples continued to release solo albums throughout the following decades and collaborated with peers such as Aretha Franklin, Prince, Arcade Fire, Nona Hendryx, Ry Cooder, David Byrne, and former romantic partner Bob Dylan. Her eighth studio album You Are Not Alone (2010), earned critical acclaim, and became her first album as a soloist to reach number one on a Billboard chart, peaking atop the Top Gospel Albums chart. It also earned Staples her first Grammy Award win. Following this, she released the albums One True Vine (2013), Livin' on a High Note (2016), If All I Was Was Black (2017), and We Get By (2019). Over the years, Staples collaborated with modern artists such as Hozier on the single "Nina Cried Power", and Jon Batiste on the We Are track "Mavis", which earned her a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, as a featured artist.

As member of the Staple Singers, Staples is the recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999) and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2018). As a solo artist, she has won five solo Grammy Awards, and was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame as a soloist. In 2016, she was made a Kennedy Center Honoree. In 2019, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honored her with their inaugural Rock Hall Honors Award for her career.

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Also in Français

Mavis Staples, née le 10 juillet 1939 à Chicago, est une chanteuse de soul, gospel et blues américaine et une activiste pour les droits civiques.

Elle et son groupe, les Staples Singers, deviennent des figures du combat pour les droits civiques dans les années 1960 au côté de Martin Luther King Jr. avec lequel le groupe voyage et chante. Mavis chante notamment pour King lors des Marches de Selma à Montgomery.

Les «freedom songs» des Staple Singers valent au groupe de remporter un Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award en 2005. On retrouve parmi les chansons à succès du groupe Freedom Highway, I'll take you there, The weight, Let's do it again et Respect yourself.

De son côté, Mavis enregistre son premier album solo en 1969 et s'entoure des plus grands comme Prince (producteur de l'album The Voice en 1993) ou encore Bob Dylan, Ray Charles et George Jones. Dans les années 2000, la chanteuse opte pour des sonorités plus rock, continue de se produire sur scène et s'entoure d'artistes contemporains, notamment Jeff Tweedy, Arcade Fire, Gorillaz.

En 2017, elle intègre le Blues Hall of Fame et reçoit en 2018 le Lifetime Achievement Award lors des National Arts Awards. Elle est par ailleurs membre depuis 1999 du Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame et honorée en 2006 par le Kennedy Center. À cheval entre gospel, rock&roll et pop, Mavis Staples a traversé sept décennies de musique et imposé sa voix rauque et chaude.

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