At the age of 86, Mavis Staples is still pressing ahead with exciting new music – indeed, one of the most star-studded and resonant albums of her career is coming up. As she prepares to release it, she’ll be answering your questions.
That new album, Sad and Beautiful World – released on 7 November – includes a small galaxy of music legends orbiting around Staples at the centre. As well as covers of songs by Curtis Mayfield, Gillian Welch, Frank Ocean, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and Porter Wagoner, plus US alt heroes Mark “Sparklehorse” Linkous and Kevin Morby, there are new songs, including one written for and about Staples by Hozier and Allison Russell.
