In our new issue, Aaron Lafont talks to soul legend Mavis Staples. Tonight, she plays the Essence Music Festival at 9:15 in the Old School Superlounge with Irma Thomas. Here’s Staples singing the title track from her recent album, You Are Not Alone, accompanied on acoustic guitar by the album’s producer, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy. Mary [...]
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Mavis Staples
July 1, 2011 – 12:28 am
“Stand flat-footed, and sing from your heart.” These were the words Roebuck “Pops” Staples used to motivate a young Mavis Staples. Together with her father and siblings, the Staple Singers did just that, creating a unique legacy in the history of popular music. Their songs, which became known as “message songs,” blended elements of gospel [...]
Wilco, Wilco (the album) (Nonesuch)
August 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
Wilco (the band) didn’t preview any songs off Wilco (the album) when it played at Jazz Fest a couple months before the CD’s release. But from Jeff Tweedy’s porkchop banter to the band’s amp-jumping antics and the bare-chested cowbell guy, the Fair Grounds set captured the goofy spirit of “Wilco (the song),” the album’s opening [...]
