Technoccult (Free subscription) | yesterday
“When Ry Cooder and I got to El Mirage Dry Lake, it was 110 degrees and heading to 117, hot enough to cook your head inside your hat. The Mojave Desert in daylight will cut the gizzard right out of you, Tom Joad once said, which is why the Okies crossed it at night. I [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
El Mirage Dry Lake sounds like a place one step from nonexistence, but it’s a critical stop on a journey into the idiosyncratic world of this influential rock and blues artist.
CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Good morning. What's going on? There are days that are good and then there are days that are kind of unbelievably fantastic. On today's show, soul music icon Mavis Staples joins me on the phone from Chicago, Illinois to discuss her new album, Live: Hope at the Hideout . Mavis is a true legend in American music, as one of the most distinctive and emulated singers in all of soul, gospel, and rhythm...
jeffvrable.com (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Billboard — Last year, Mavis Staples released a revelatory collection of protest songs (”We’ll Never Turn Back”) that, though such a thing was hardly needed, reaffirmed her vitality in the current music scene. “Hope at the Hideout” is her victory lap, a joyous house party that benefits from a wonderful alignment of the stars: It [...]
Late Night Wallflower (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
Billy Bragg - Arlene’s Grocery, NYC 10/17/07 Photo by Linda Wildemann Anti- has posted a 17-song sampler that highlights some of the label’s biggest releases from this year, along with some previews of their ‘09 releases. You can find tracks from Man Man, Tim Fite, Billy Bragg, Bob Mould, and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds [...]
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Though most of Washington is focused on Barack Obama's cabinet appointments and how he plans to address the economy, the President-elect shouldn't blow off selecting the music acts for his ...
Free lyrics (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Words and Music by Mavis Staples Well Lord youve done everything youve said E
LesbianDad (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
“If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all,” my mother used to say. So. Tough times in my home state these days. The wait for that “nice thing” to say keeps getting longer and longer. Surely a silver lining will become evident in the clouds over us (dueling recriminations: homophobe! racist! bigots, all! meanwhile the [...] ShareThis
Alternate Brain (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
On the theory that seein' the north end of a southbound Bush is going to be a religious experience, here's soul and gospel singer Mavis Staples doing a Stephen Foster number to kick off the first weekend that the end of Repug rule has even seemed possible. It's been a long time comin'. Mavis Staples - Hard Times Come Again No More
Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
A jewel in the crown of freedom. 5:30 p.m. Nov. 6-- This Thankgsiving will be unlike any other for Mavis Staples. The beloved Chicago gospel-soul singer will acknowledge the measured spirit of President-Elect Barack Obama. "This young man has...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
The timing of Mavis Staples' latest release couldn't have been better. In the very week when the country elected its first African-American President, the veteran singer has released a concert album of civil rights songs, "Live: Hope at the Hideout."
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
On November 3, 1991, many of San Francisco’s biggest acts came together to celebrate the life and legacy of Impressario and concert promoter Bill Graham in the Polo Field at Golden Gate Park. Most are familiar with the Dead’s cover-filled set, but Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Bobby McFerrin, Jackson Browne, Joe Satriani, Santana, Aaron Neville, [...] by Scott Bernstein Leave A Comment
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
This week’s list of new releases (courtesy of Largehearted Boy) doesn’t contain as many politically inspired bands as you might think, but there are a few to put you in the lever-pulling mood: the hopefully monikered punk band Black President, the electorally minded Dancer Vs. Politician, and The Henry Clay People, who name-check the nineteenth-century [...]
Glorious Noise (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
These free album streams are available from AOL's Spinner through Sunday, November 9, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • Mavis Staples, 'Live: Hope at the Hideout' • Led Zeppelin, 'Definitive Collection Mini LP Replicas' • Johann...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
In the middle of a day that will go down as truly historic, a small gem of a statement will see some light, as well....
