"That new album, Sad and Beautiful World released on 7 November includes a small galaxy of music legends orbiting around Staples at the centre. As well as covers of songs by Curtis Mayfield, Gillian Welch, Frank Ocean, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and Porter Wagoner, plus US alt heroes Mark Sparklehorse Linkous and Kevin Morby, there are new songs, including one written for and about Staples by Hozier and Allison Russell."
"Staples has amassed that kind of ensemble through the sheer pedigree of her work, stretching back to the mid-1950s when she was part of her family group the Staple Singers, who became a cornerstone of American gospel music and a key cultural voice in the civil rights movement they twice topped the US singles charts. In the years since, Staples also put out solo albums and collaborated with stars including Prince, Aretha Franklin, David Byrne."
Mavis Staples, at 86, prepares Sad and Beautiful World, released on 7 November, featuring covers of songs by Curtis Mayfield, Gillian Welch, Frank Ocean, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and Porter Wagoner, plus material credited to Mark Sparklehorse Linkous and Kevin Morby. The album includes new songs, including one written for and about Staples by Hozier and Allison Russell. Collaborators include Katie Crutchfield (Waxahatchee), MJ Lenderman, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Jeff Tweedy and Derek Trucks. Staples first rose to prominence in the mid-1950s with the Staple Singers and has since released solo albums and worked with major artists such as Prince, Aretha Franklin, David Byrne and Bob Dylan, returning to recording after personal hiatuses and producing several acclaimed recent records with Jeff Tweedy.
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