Marvis Staples

Fuse Music Feature: At 76, Singer Mavis Staples Continues to be an Antidote to Despair

Mavis Staples’ voice and stage presence still exude power, still plumb emotional and spiritual depths.

Daniel Gewertz January 19, 2020 at 12:29 am on Music Commentary: Ken Burns’ “Country Music” — Superb Cinematic StorytellingThanks for your comment, Matt. I somehow didn't see it until these months later. Lefty Frizzell is just the sort...
Amy January 18, 2020 at 11:19 pm on Theater Review: “Coyote on a Fence” — Drama on Death RowI would love to see this show again, is it being performed anywhere in the USA in 2020??
Daniel Gewertz January 17, 2020 at 9:06 pm on Jazz Remembrance: Jack SheldonWow! I knew a few of his records, mostly as a sideman, but never the full story of a man...
Robert White January 16, 2020 at 9:13 pm on Arts Remembrance: Neil Peart — An AppreciationThe truth is that Neil, and Alex and Geddy, have had such profound and indelible influence on so many of...
Pat Jackson January 16, 2020 at 6:56 pm on Music Preview: Les Poules à Colin — Definitely Not Celtic LiteDid you appear at the Edinburgh festival in 2018