Mavis Staples performed at the 2011 Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow, Scotland. Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage hide caption
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Pops Staples, Rhiannon Giddens, Mavis Staples and Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers perform on Mountain Stage. Mountain Stage Archives hide caption
'Why Am I Treated So Bad' Special On Mountain Stage
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'Why Am I Treated So Bad' Special On Mountain Stage
Julie Byrne on the cover of 2017's Not Even Happiness. Her song "Natural Blue" begins our playlist of soothing music. Courtesy of Ba Da Bing! Records hide caption
Brittany Howard made NPR Music's No.1 album of 2019 with Jaime. She's on our playlist of best songs of the year, too. Brantley Guttierez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Watch Brandi Carlile perform at the 2019 Americana Honors & Awards ceremony. Pete Souza/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Mavis Staples' latest album, We Get By, is out now. Myriam Santos/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Compton rapper YG. His latest release, 4REAL 4REAL, is on our short list for the best new albums dropping on May 24. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Mavis Staples' We Get By comes out May 24. Myriam Santos/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
In this month's Heavy Rotation, a pop-meets-pensive bop from SOAK illuminates under a disco ball. Ellius Grace/Chromatic Publicity hide caption
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Mavis Staples On World Cafe
Jon Batiste led a star-studded cast, including Mavis Staples, through the civil rights-themed set A Change Is Gonna Come. Adam Kissick/NPR hide caption
A Change Is Gonna Come, Live In Concert : Newport Folk 2018
Andrew Hozier-Byrne joins NPR Music's Bob Boilen in the studio to discuss the music that informed his 2018 EP, Nina Cried Power. Mulography - Anthony Mulcahy hide caption
Guest DJ: Hozier On Why Music From The Civil Rights Movement Still Resonates
IMAGEClockwise from upper left: Wolf Alice, Jackie Shane, William Patrick Corgan, Loney Dear, Mavis Staples, Flikka Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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Bjork performs during the Coachella Music Festival in April 2007 in Indio, Calif. Karl Walter/Getty Images hide caption
Russel Hobbs from Gorillaz. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
All proceeds from Arcade Fire and Mavis Staples' new single will go to the ACLU. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
"I tell you," Mavis Staples says, "I watch the news sometimes and I think I'm back in the '60s." The gospel legend was recently recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors. Chris Strong/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
For Mavis Staples, The Music Of The Civil Rights Era Couldn't Be More Relevant Today
Luther Dickinson. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
On the new album Into The Deep, the seasoned instrumentalists of Galactic team up with a host of singers including Macy Gray and Mavis Staples. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
After 20 Years, New Orleans Band Galactic Lifts Off With New Voices
Join us as we celebrate Day Of The Dead, Alt.Latino style. Omar Torres/AFP/Getty Images hide caption