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"I'm tired and I'm feeble," declares Mavis Staples, with a high-beam smile that says exactly the opposite. Mavis pretends to shuffle into the room as though a step away from collapse while ...

There are vocalists, there are singers and then there are voices — the first aims for the ear, the second for the brain, the third for the heart. A voice turns a composition into an emotional ...

Mavis Staples has one of those voices that makes you stop and listen. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I'LL TAKE YOU THERE") MAVIS STAPLES: (Singing) I know a place. Ain't nobody crying. HEADLEE: That's Mavis ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Legendary soul singer Mavis Staples, age 86, is walking into the front row of the audience at the intimate Soho Sessions, leading ...

Mavis Staples is passing through Bellows Falls on Friday prior to what may be the biggest party of her life. On Nov. 19 in Chicago, a host of amazing artists will be taking the stage to pay tribute ...