Mavis Staples – Sad and Beautiful World
Music icon and national treasure Mavis Staples was nominated for two GRAMMY’s this morning for performances on her new album Sad And Beautiful World, out today. Her renditions of the Kevin Morby song “Beautiful Strangers” (Best American Roots Performance) and Frank Ocean’s “Godspeed” (Best Americana Performance) were both nominated.
“For a world stricken by injustice, uncertainty and loneliness, Staples has again delivered a soundtrack that meets the moment,” Associated Press has declared. Rolling Stone added: “The album further cements Staples alongside Bettye Lavette and Willie Nelson in the pantheon of great American song interpreters still doing great work later in life.”
On Monday of this week, Staples gave a moving performance of “Human Mind” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, a track co-written for Mavis by Hozier and Allison Russell.
Produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee) Sad And Beautiful World shows that love is a choice and a force all its own. The album is a litany of prayer, of Mavis breathing life into these songs. “I just have to deliver the compassion I feel,” she says. “I want to share the song the way I feel it.”
TOUR DATES
Nov 8 – Portsmouth, NH @ Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club
Nov 21 – San Antonio, TX @ Carver Community Cultural Center
Dec 10 – Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom
w/ Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Dec 11 – Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom
w/ Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
January 10 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
(w/ support from Nathaniel Rateliff solo)
Jan 15 – Tyler, TX @ UT Tyler Cowan Center
Jan 16 – Dallas, TX @ Longhorn Ballroom
Jan 18 – Fort Walton Beach, FL @ 30A Songwriters Festival
January 24 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium (w/ support from MJ Lenderman)
February 28 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre (w/ support from Allison Russell)
March 12 – Medford, OR @ Holly Theatre
March 14 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
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