Mavis Staples "Sad and Beautiful World" greatest hits Originally released on February 13

Originally released on February 13

Thanks to the Top Ten hit "Sultans of Swing

then melted into further forms: it went from from Fab 5 Freddy to Public Enemy to Missy Elliott

They’re naming the album after themselves because they’re all essential workers: educators

(“Denim & Diamonds”

Mavis Staples "Sad and Beautiful World" greatest hits Originally released on February 13Grim days call for fierce love. And Mavis Staples, one of the most enduring figures in American music, is laying it down. Sad And Beautiful World is the latest solo album from a national treasure and multigenerational talent. Produced by Brad Cook, Sad And Beautiful World spans seven decades of the American songbook a range nearly as vast as Mavis' career and includes reinventions of timeless songs by Tom Waits, Sparklehorse, Gillian Welch, Frank