when: 05 March 2020 | venue: Metro Theatre | address: 624 George Street | website: https://www.bluesfesttouring.com.au/mavisstaples
published: 04 Mar 2020, 5 min read
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Mavis Staples is living, breathing history and they are thrilled to say this Original Soul Sister is returning to her second home in Australia to play this March.
Mavis Staples is an alchemist of American music who has continuously crossed genre lines like no musician since Ray Charles. She is an icon of her time. From her gospel days with her family band, The Staple Singers, and her active role in the Civil Rights movement, to chart-topping R and B success in the '70s and now a successful, Grammy-winning solo artist, Mavis Staples really is one of the last true Ladies of Soul.
Two-time Grammy winner, Mavis is a once in a generation artist. Her impact on music and culture would be difficult to overstate. She's both a Blues Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, a civil rights icon, a chart-topping Soul/Gospel/R and B pioneer, a National Arts Awards Lifetime Achievement recipient and a Kennedy Centre honouree. She marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., performed at John F. Kennedy's inauguration, and sang in Barack Obama's White House. She has collaborated with everyone from Prince and Bob Dylan to Arcade Fire and Hozier.
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Mavis Staples is living, breathing history and they are thrilled to say this Original Soul Sister is returning to her second home in Australia to play this March.
Mavis Staples is an alchemist of American music who has continuously crossed genre lines like no musician since Ray Charles. She is an icon of her time. From her gospel days with her family band, The Staple Singers, and her active role in the Civil Rights movement, to chart-topping R and B success in the '70s and now a successful, Grammy-winning solo artist, Mavis Staples really is one of the last true Ladies of Soul.
Two-time Grammy winner, Mavis is a once in a generation artist. Her impact on music and culture would be difficult to overstate. She's both a Blues Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, a civil rights icon, a chart-topping Soul/Gospel/R and B pioneer, a National Arts Awards Lifetime Achievement recipient and a Kennedy Centre honouree. She marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., performed at John F. Kennedy's inauguration, and sang in Barack Obama's White House. She has collaborated with everyone from Prince and Bob Dylan to Arcade Fire and Hozier.
Go see Mavis Staples - Sydney 2020.
Mavis Staples - Sydney 2020 is on 05 March 2020. The opening hours are: 5:00pm to 10:30pm. Conveniently located in Sydney. Visit their website at https://www.bluesfesttouring.com.au/mavisstaples.
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