Mavis Staples

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 110

September 1, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Live music is the tonic we all need. Following my thoughts on post-pandemic life and the Edinburgh Festival last week, I attended what was possibly the most life-affirming gig I have been to in a long, […]

Live Review: Mavis Staples + Jon Muq, Union Chapel, London – July 3rd, 2023

July 7, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0

The Union Chapel is a perfect venue for a Mavis Staples show. There was a fervour about her performance to which her audience (congregation?) responded accordingly. The palpable feeling that welcomed this great artist was love. […]

Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy playing "You're No Alone" at the Loft Chicago, 2010

Classic Clips: Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy “You’re Not Alone” – The Loft, Chicago, 2010

October 14, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 0

Mavis Staples is one of American music’s national treasures. She is someone with both the voice and enthusiasm that if she sung the telephone directory, it would still sound wonderfully soulful and be utterly transfixing. Having […]

Interview: Tami Neilson the Canadian born New Zealand country soul star and Kingmaker

July 26, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Playing Patsy Cline to Willie Nelson’s Marty Robbins. Country soul artist Tami Neilson is recognised as a leading New Zealand country music, country soul, and rockabilly artist, and she has also helped develop the genre and […]

Live Review: Mavis Staples + Teddie Grossman, Union Chapel, London – 16th June 2022

June 22, 2022 Brian Hancill 0

“Seventy-four years and I’m not tired yet!” declared Mavis Staples towards the end of this triumphant show. That’s not her age (she sailed past 74 in 2014) but the number of years since her father created […]

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Live Review: Beans On Toast + Ruth Lyon + Bassie Gracie, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham – 11th March 2026

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The night opened with Bassie Gracie, a bold spoken word poet grounded in hope, proclaiming that making art can be the remedy to worry. This Celtic-and-proud waif delivered rhythmic anti-racism with barely veiled anger at the […]

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Pat Carter and Luis de Cicco hit the road to promote new live album

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Pat Carter, singer/songwriter of acclaimed alt-country band Rodeo FM, and his partner in crime, Luis de Cicco, head man of hill country blues combo Caboose, will hit the road again in April 2026, promoting their new […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 110

Live Review: Mavis Staples + Jon Muq, Union Chapel, London – July 3rd, 2023

Classic Clips: Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy “You’re Not Alone” – The Loft, Chicago, 2010

Interview: Tami Neilson the Canadian born New Zealand country soul star and Kingmaker

Live Review: Mavis Staples + Teddie Grossman, Union Chapel, London – 16th June 2022

Live Review: Beans On Toast + Ruth Lyon + Bassie Gracie, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham – 11th March 2026

The Montvales “Path Of Totality”

Pat Carter and Luis de Cicco hit the road to promote new live album

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Tony Trischka And Billy Strings “Gentle On My Mind” – the ever calming balm of banjo