Today, the voices of Roebuck "Pops" Staples and his four children — Cleotha, Mavis, Pervis and Yvonne — are woven into America's DNA. As the Staple Singers, the family created a sound that was part ...

"I'm tired and I'm feeble," declares Mavis Staples, with a high-beam smile that says exactly the opposite. Mavis pretends to shuffle into the room as though a step away from collapse while ...

Mavis Staples: I'll Take You There - An All-Star Concert Celebration is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire ...

Originally recorded by the Gospel family band The Staple Singers back in 1972, I'll Take You There became a hit as Mavis Staples invited listeners to a call-and-response chorus and was later inducted ...