Purvis Staples and the Staple Singers – long before they were on Stax they were on Epic and they were one of my favorite groups of all time. I met them all in ’62 or ’63. They heard my songs…
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Beautiful Strangers – Mavis Staples
Tagged with: beautiful strangers, Bob Dylan, kevin morby, mavis staples, nina simone, sad and beautiful world
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
2/02/26 – 8/02/26 – Mavis Staples, Dostoevsky & Analogue Mind
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Mavis Staples Triumphs with Double Win at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards – Music article by Timothy Yap at Jubilee Street To be honest,…
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Posted in Music, News, Reflections
Posted in Music, News, Reflections
Sad and Beautiful World (2025) – Mavis Staples
There are two things I find so alluring about this meditative and sombre song. Firstly, Mavis Staples’ vocals carry profound emotional depth and feel timeworn and soulful, shaped by decades of lived experience. Critic C.J. Fox once described it as…
