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Mavis Staples
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Grim days call for fierce love—and Mavis Staples, one of America’s most enduring musical figures, is laying it down. Sad and Beautiful World, her fifteenth solo album, stands as both testimony and torchlight. Produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee, Iron & Wine), the record spans seven decades of the American songbook, blending reinventions of timeless songs with new material that speaks to hope, resilience, and faith in humanity.
Now 86, Mavis has been performing since the age of eight. Beginning with her father Roebuck “Pops” Staples and her siblings in The Staple Singers, she remains the group’s last surviving member—still carrying her family’s legacy of music and activism. Inducted into the Blues, Rock, and Gospel Halls of Fame, a Kennedy Center Honoree, and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Mavis has collaborated with Dylan, Prince, Aretha, Willie, and countless artists across generations.