written by Chris Familton Mavis Staples rose to fame in the 50s and 60s as a member of the gospel group The Staple Singers before releasing a string of soul and spiritual albums as a solo artist. In 2007 she worked with Ry Cooder and now Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy has been assigned the producer task … Continue reading
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VIDEO: Mavis Staples & Jeff Tweedy | Wrote A Song For Everyone
On September 13th Mavis Staples will release a new solo record You Are Not Alone featuring Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy on production, guitar, bass and on 2 tracks – songwriting. The album features reworkings of songs by Randy Newman, John Fogerty and Allen Touissant and has been described by Mojo’s Lois Wilson as… Country soul reworkings of … Continue reading
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