Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If we had the ability to assess who is the most beloved figure in music — not in overall numbers, but sheer adoration, per capita ...

When Mavis Staples thinks about her late friend Levon Helm, memories of her family flood into her mind. Decades ago, when Helm and Mavis’ sister Yvonne were regularly talking on the phone about a ...

The late icon presided over some of the most crucial music of the 20th century. Fifteen years after his death, his final recordings have been... As the patriarch of the Staple Singers, Roebuck "Pops" ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Roebuck ‘Pops’ Staples led his children in the Staple Singers, a group ...

More than 15 years ago, Roebuck "Pops" Staples started recording his final album with his daughters. The two friends discuss working together to... Raising Pops: Mavis Staples And Jeff Tweedy Complete ...

Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) was an American gospel and R&B musician. A "pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s and 1970s," he was an accomplished songwriter, ...

H ow you been, Mavis?” Chris Stapleton asks from Tennessee, where he lives. “I’ve been OK,” says Mavis Staples, who’s in Chicago. “My bass player sent me a puzzle of the whole band onstage. 500 pieces ...