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

We’ve got melancholy brunettes, sad women, West End girls, man’s best friends. These albums represent all different styles and beats and genres — but this is the music that kept us moving forward all ...

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

Catch up on recent releases from Robyn, Oneohtrix Point Never, Mavis Staples and more.

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The supermarkets and malls are already unleashing holiday earworms upon us, and one sure way to banish them from the subconscious is to enjoy the real-deal experience of checking out live music.

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 ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — One day after releasing her latest album, the luminous gospel-soul singer Mavis Staples came to Portsmouth to kick off a dozen or so tour dates. “We opened this joint,” she noted ...

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 ...