KC and the Sunshine Band, racism, instrumental songs, forgettable melodrama, good to great FM radio fodder, and a Bowie ...

Spotlight Central and Love Imagery have photos and a recap of John Scofield and his trio at SOPAC on November 21, 2025.

Graham Reid is an NZ journalist, author, broadcaster and arts educator. His website, Elsewhere, provides features and reports on music, film, travel and other cultural issues. Alongside the late ...

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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 ...

Mavis Staples is a warrior. A central figure in the Civil Rights movement, at 86 years old Staples’ determination and resolve is not in the least bit diminished. Setting age aside, it’s not the most ...

In tracing the journey of modern music, there is one key takeaway: All roads lead to Mavis Staples. Her legendary eight-decade career would prove as much. It has taken us through South Side Chicago ...

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The much-garlanded Staples is a bridge between now and then, and Sad and Beautiful World, her first album since 2019’s We Get By, shows her to be as relevant and contemporary as ever; a timeless ...

Legendary soul singer Mavis Staples, age 86, is walking into the front row of the audience at the intimate Soho Sessions, leading a singalong on the chorus of “I’ll Take You There,” the iconic 1972 ...

Mavis Staples ‘ latest album hums with hope that could only be delivered by the 86-year-old American treasure’s raspy contralto. “Sad and Beautiful World” sees the gospel and R&B icon, who briefly ...

Mavis Staples is known as many things: soul hitmaker, civil rights trailblazer, 21st-century torchbearer of American gospel music, roots music luminary, world-class entertainer, and singular lead ...