Mavis Staples remembers. In her new children’s book, Bridges Instead of Walls: The Story of Mavis Staples, she reaches back ...

When I think of Kamala Harris I think of the Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston when a colonial officer shouted, “Don’t fire till you see the whites of their eyes.” The British ultimately won ...

When Mavis Staples sings, what exudes from her mouth is the soulful rasp of age, firmly linked to the sound of rock of ages. As witnessed in her latest Santa Barbara concert, last week in the ...

Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz is one of the greatest concert films of all time. Full stop. And for a certain kind of music ...

How much is a wheel alignment at Mavis? Mavis charges between $80 and $100 to align all four wheels. What time does Mavis Discount Tires open? Most Mavis locations open at 8 a.m. on Monday through ...

Tom Waits performs for the first time in two years, joins Mavis Staples for ‘Respect Yourself’ Tom Waits gave his first live performance in two years when he joined Mavis Staples for the ...

(Waits was the first artist to appear on the company’s Anti- label, which would go on to release albums by Kate Bush, Mavis ...

Mavis Staples gave a lively performance ... Breathe,” co-led by Lukas. After Tom Waits’ “Last Leaf,” a fitting piece of music given the time of year, the entire course of guest performers ...

Cate Blanchette stars as a lusty, preening stateswomen in a geopolitical satire from the experimental filmmaker Guy Maddin.

“Duke Ellington described us one time — ‘The ... I said `No ma’am. But you can’t get me now.’ She just laughed. I had to let her hear it.” Through the ups and down of her life and career, Staples has ...

The singer, who died this week, was the mother of Whitney Houston and a contender for the greatest voice of the country, our ...