Mavis Staples - We Get By - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

For the recording of the EP Your Good Fortune, gospel and soul legend Mavis Staples went into the studio with new ANTI-singer/songwriter-producer Son Little. To hear Mavis' clarion voice bedded in Son Little's ancient/modern swirl of swamp guitar and b-boy programming is to discover the knife edge of Mavis Staples' art. Album Tracks 1. Your Good Fortune 2. Fight 3. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 4. Wish I Had Answered

Grim days call for fierce love. And Mavis Staples, one of the most enduring figures in American music, is laying it down. Sad And Beautiful World is the latest solo album from a national treasure and multigenerational talent. Produced by Brad Cook, Sad And Beautiful World spans seven decades of the American songbook - a range nearly as vast as Mavis' career - and includes reinventions of timeless songs by Tom Waits, Sparklehorse, Gillian Welch, Frank Ocean and more. Cook imagined an album in the tradition of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Will the Circle Be Unbroken, a group of artists coming together to celebrate community - in this case, one centered on Mavis. Collaborators include Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Jeff Tweedy, Derek Trucks, Katie Crutchfield, MJ Lenderman, and Justin Vernon. Inducted into several halls of fame (Blues, Rock, and Gospel), a Kennedy Center Honoree, a winner of multiple GRAMMYs (including a Lifetime Achievement Award), Mavis is musical history. She's collaborated with nearly every major figure of her era(s), from Bob Dylan to Prince, Aretha Franklin, and Willie Nelson - not to mention countless stars from subsequent generations. Album Tracks 1. Chicago 2. Beautiful Strangers 3. Sad and Beautiful World 4. Human Mind 5. Hard Times 6. Godspeed 7. We Got to Have Peace 8. Anthem 9. Satisfied Mind 10. Everybody Needs Love

Live archive . Iconic singer Mavis Staples is an alchemist of American music, and during her 70+ year career one of her most beloved musical moments was her riveting performance in Martin Scorsese's film The Last Waltz, performing InchThe WeightInch, with The Band, a moment that forged a life-long friendship between her and Levon Helm. Staples came to Woodstock, NY to perform as part of Helm's renowned Midnight Ramble series, and the ensuing concert-available now for the first time on Carry Me Home-would mark a personal high watermark for both artists. Captured live in the summer of 2011, Carry Me Home showcases two of the past century's most iconic voices coming together in love and joy, tracing their shared roots and celebrating the enduring power of faith and music. The result is an album that's at once a time capsule and a memorial, a blissful homecoming and a fond farewell, a once-in-a-lifetime concert-and friendship-preserved for the ages. Album Tracks 1. This Is My Country 2. Trouble in My Mind 3. Farther Along 4. Hand Writing on the Wall 5. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free 6. Move Along Train 7. This May Be the Last Time 8. When I Go Away 9. Wide River to Cross 10. You Got to Move 11. You Got to Serve Somebody 12. The Weight