It's not like it was really a question who Mavis Staples was pulling for in the election. And once it actually happened, releasing the former Staple S...
their run with Mavis (which will carry them to Iowa City, IA, Milwaukee, WI and Minneapolis, MN). What It Is! Dates March 25 Fort Worth, TX Bass Perfo...
Tweedy and Staples ... are working together at Wilco's Chicago studio, the Wilco Loft. And they've recruited a couple of other high-wattage singers to...
with the legendary Mavis Staples on her next album, due out on Anti- later this year. Wilco tour dates: March 22 - Miami, Fla. @ Jackie Gleason Theate...
when the group ... of the songs for the title of the CD, "You Are Not Alone." He came to me with three songs and said, "Mavis, what do you think of do...
reportedly album features Tweedy compositions alongside gospel traditionals, with Staples somewhat unfamiliar with the former until Tweedy came into t...
When worlds collide: check out this cool promo video, filmed inside the Wilco Loft in Chicago, of Jeff Tweedy and Mavis Staples discussing the Tweedy-...
the Night and Cosmo on August 24 and September 28, respectively. The former comes as the product of a 14-day recording session in the Bahamas. The lat...
Savior (traditional) 13 Too Close to Heaven / I'm on My Way to Heaven Anyhow (Prof. Alex E. Bradford Jr./Brad Pathway) ... Watch: Mavis Staples and Je...
are bringing to Washington, D.C. on October 30. Watch the interview and performance below. The night before, Tweedy and Staples also showed up on the ...
In what is sure to be to one of the silliest rallies to ever befall Washington D.C. (second only to whatever Glenn Beck did a little while ago), John ...
Boys of Fall," from his September 28 release Hemingway's Whiskey, broke the Top 15 of country music radio. Apparently this is one of three-time CMA En...
"Hammerhead" Jeff Beck Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance "Helter Skelter" Paul McCartney Best Hard Rock Performance "New Fang" Them Crooked Vultures Be...
"Hammerhead" Jeff Beck Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance "Helter Skelter" Paul McCartney Best Hard Rock Performance "New Fang" Them Crooked Vultures Be...
Hubbard Vetiver Laura Veirs Brownout The Wilders The Sadies Richard Swift Pine Leaf Boys The Builders and The Butchers Danny Barnes Sonny & The Sunset...
to appear at the Pickathon music festival. Other acts slated to appear include Damien Jurado, The Sadies, Danny Barnes, The Builders and The Butchers,...
When worlds collide: check out this cool promo video, filmed inside the Wilco Loft in Chicago, of Jeff Tweedy and Mavis Staples discussing the Tweedy-...
Don't go kicking television just yet. Mavis Staples and producer/special guest Jeff Tweedy will perform on David Letterman tonight, and tomorrow, they...
White let loose on an audience at an invite-only Dead Weather show August 4. "F**k you, you hip motherf**kers! Why don't you rock the f**k out? Maybe ...
of "The Angels" appeared in an 1876 book by J. B. T. Marsh called The Story of the Jubilee Singers with their Songs, celebrating Nashville, Tennesse's...
Mavis Staples will join Levon Helm at one of his Woodstock, NY Midnight Rambles this June. Though most of The Band drummer's Rambles take place on Sa...
Mavis Staples will join Levon Helm at one of his Woodstock, NY Midnight Rambles this June. Though most of The Band drummer's Rambles take place on Sa...
Memorial Music Festival. The three-day event will take place at Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville, CA from June 24-26. Other acts scheduled to appear inc...
As previously reported, Jeff Tweedy served as the producer of Mavis Staples' forthcoming album, You Are Not Alone. A new video of Staples and Tweedy i...
Don't go kicking television just yet. Mavis Staples and producer/special guest Jeff Tweedy will perform on David Letterman tonight, and tomorrow, they...
In what is turning out to be an all-festival edition of the Jambands.com news today, Bumbershoot has announced its lineup. The festival will take plac...
Festival has played host to countless legendary acts throughout its 53-year history. And while spontaneous collaborations aren't out of the ordinary a...
pie graph breakdowns). Wilco also performed a self-described holiday version of "Outta Mind (Outta Sight)" complete with fake falling snow and their r...
Drops, Chuck Leavell & Friends, Gary Clark Jr. and many additional artists, including a headliner yet to be announced. The second weekend's roster of ...
How much money would you pay to be in this dressing room? During their recent run of shows in their hometown of Chicago, American Songwriter's 2011 Al...
On July 20, Lincoln Center will host a tribute to the late Curtis Mayfield, the iconic Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall...
often; however, there were complaints that the sound was horrible from the middle of the beach (VIP passes were definitely worth the splurge). Sunday ...
An all-star list of musicians including members The Roots and TV on the Radio, Sinead O'Connor, Mavis Staples, William Bell and more came together thi...
What's better than a intimate gig with a music legend? An intimate gig with two music legends sharing the stage. Go behind the scenes of Bonnie Raitt ...
Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples and Sean Lennon will join Stephen Colbert for a performance of the John Lennon holiday song "Happy Christmas...
In the spirit of the holiday season, The Colbert Report featured a performance filled with holiday cheer as Mavis Staples, Sean Lennon, Jeff Tweedy an...
"The Colbert Report"'s Christmas Carol Week finished last night, as Stephen Colbert enlisted Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples, Sean Lennon and the H...
Elton John, Mumford & Sons, Kenny Chesney, Ben Harper, Neil Young, Alabama Shakes, Jackson Browne, Mavis Staples, Sting, Eddie Vedder and Jim James wi...
Hocking College, Robbins Crossing is made up of nineteenth century buildings that enable the visitor to step back into the shoes of the pioneers and e...
moe., Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Gary Clark Jr., John Butler Trio, O.A.R., Mavis Staples, JD McPherson, Head and the Heart, SOJA, Kool & The Gan...
In 2010, Mavis Staples released You Are Not Alone, the great LP produced by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy. Now, Staples has announced One True Vine, out June 25...
Legendary soul singer Mavis Staples announced her second collaboration with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy titled One True Vine to be released June 25 via Anti-....
Three years ago, the great Chicago soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples released You Are Not Alone, the comeback album that Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy...
Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has produced Mavis Staples' latest studio album, One True Vine, which is due out on June 25 via Anti-. The follow-up to 201...
The schedule for this year's Celebrate Brooklyn! summer concert series has been revealed. Robert Plant presents the Sensational Space Shifters, The Ro...
"Mavis Staples"http://mavisstaples.com/ kicks off her summer tour this weekend at Napa, CA's BottleRock Napa Valley music festival. Staples will also ...
"Mavis Staples"http://mavisstaples.com/ kicks off her summer tour this weekend at Napa, CA's BottleRock Napa Valley music festival. Staples will also ...