Mavis Staples

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Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2011

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Mavis Staples is a legendary R&B and gospel singer. She began singing as part of a family gospel group formed by her father called The Staple Singers. Her newest album, produced by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, is called You Are Not Alone.

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0:00.0	I'm Reed from Bloomington, Illinois.
0:02.0	I'm Matt from Savannah, Georgia.
0:03.5	The Sound of Young America is an independent production,
0:06.0	supported by listeners like me.
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0:12.0	I'm Jesse Thorne.
0:13.0	Live on tape from My House in Los Angeles,
0:15.0	it's the Sound of Young America
0:17.0	from MaximumFun.org and PRI,
0:20.0	Public Radio, International.
0:22.0	We've got to get ourselves together.
0:26.0	It's the Sound of Young America I'm Jesse Thorne.
0:29.0	My guest on the program is one of our greatest singers,
0:32.0	Mavis Staples.
0:33.0	In her 50 plus year career with the Staples Singers
0:37.0	and as a solo artist,
0:39.0	she has really and truly bridge genres from
0:42.0	soul to gospel to R&B to country.
0:46.0	And her latest record was produced by
0:49.0	Wilco's Jeff Tweety.
0:51.0	Mavis Staples, welcome to the Sound of Young America.
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