Jay Leno is glad he stayed committed to wife Mavis. The former "Tonight Show" host discussed staying true to his vows and being a dedicated caretaker to Mavis Leno, 78, amid her "advanced" dementia ...

As the world counts down the days until the start of a new decade, living legend Mavis Staples has already entered her eighth one on Earth. The singer, whose indelible voice soundtracked the Civil ...

The former Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has reacted to revelations that her successor, ...

Staples began singing with her family as a teenager. The Staple Singers started out in gospel, but moved over to pop, eventually playing the '69 Harlem Cultural Festival. Originally broadcast in 1989.

Mavis Staples has been “singing from eight to 80,” as she puts it. And the multiple hall of famer has made plenty of history along the way. As part of the famed Staples Singers with her father, ...

Beacon was the face of the popular software program ''Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" before an apparent disappearance. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief The film will profile the influential Black ...

Mavis Staples remembers. In her new children’s book, Bridges Instead of Walls: The Story of Mavis Staples, she reaches back to when her father determined the type of music that was permissible to play ...

If you’ve ever seen The Last Waltz, then you already know that the Band’s Levon Helm and The Staple Singers’ Mavis Staples always sounded great together. The 71-year-old Levon Helm died of throat ...

Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav and Chuck D ran into legendary R&B singer Mavis Staples at the Newport Folk Festival held July 25-27, and the footage made for some of the more heartwarming clips of the ...

Park City Song Summit is back for a third year. On Tuesday, the Utah-based festival announced its lineup for this August featuring Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, My Morning Jacket, and Mavis ...

Margo Price has shared a poignant new song called “Fight To Make It.” It features guest vocals from Mavis Staples and Adia Victoria, and all proceeds from Bandcamp sales will benefit Noise For Now, a ...

Mavis Theresa (Kocina) Ellis October 16, 1935 – November 17, 2017 Resident of Morgan Hill Mavis Theresa Ellis, former nurse of over 40 years, passed away in Santa Cruz, CA on November 17, 2017. Mavis ...