Mavis Staples

Festival Review: AmericanaFest 2021, 26th-28th January 2021

February 5, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

The conference part of the Americana Festival had had to be shelved for the year, but nothing, not even a global pandemic, could prevent the AmericanFest showcase nights and award ceremony from going ahead. Moving on-line […]

Mavis Staples “All In It Together” – Listen

April 6, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

‘We’re all in this together” is a strap line that lost a little impact when it turned out that austerity was more for the poor than the rich, time will tell how true it is in […]

North Mississippi Allstars “Up and Rolling” (New West Records, 2019)

October 15, 2019 Andrew Frolish 0

After almost a quarter of a century of releasing highly-acclaimed, Grammy-nominated records, North Mississippi Allstars have released their 11th album, ‘Up and Rolling’. The Dickinson brothers, Luther and Cody, have once again demonstrated their sublime songcraft […]

Mavis Staples, The Roundhouse, London, 4th July 2019

July 10, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Mavis Staples can rely on a warm welcome in London – her live album of this year was recorded at a pair of Union Chapel gigs in 2018 – something which she alluded to tonight saying […]

Mavis Staples “We Get By” (Anti-, 2019)

June 21, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

As we noted earlier in the year – when her live album recorded on her 2018 London dates was released – Mavis Staples is showing no sign of slowing down, in fact quite the opposite would […]