Mavis Staples: Still Delivering The Message
Publisher |
NPR
WXPN
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Interview
Live Music
Music
Categories Via RSS |
Music
Publication Date |
Feb 20, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:14:57
At almost 80, Mavis Staples is still singing songs with messages of hope and justice. She tells stories about writing songs that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used at Civil Rights rallies, her long friendship with Aretha Franklin, and working with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy. We'll hear music from throughout Mavis' career including her family's gospel group The Staples Singers and from her new album Live in London.

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