Mavis Staples @80 via Newport Folk Festival (Archived Stream)

Gig Alerts | Jul 27, 2020

Mavis Staples @80 via Newport Folk Festival (Archived Stream)
July 31, 8:30PM EDT.
$12-$55 for video access
(Proceeds go to support the Newport Festival Foundation’s educational initiatives that celebrate innovation while preserving the deep traditions inherent in Jazz and Folk music.)

In May of 2019, Mavis Staples celebrated her 80^th birthday with a concert in LA that also featured some of her younger fans, like Brandi Carlile and Ben Harper. Now that concert will be broadcast online on Friday, July 31, as a benefit for the Newport Folk Festival’s educational program. With that festival canceled this summer, like everything else, this concert will be a chance to support a good cause and to celebrate one of the essential voices in American popular music since the late 1950's. The Mavis Staples 80^th birthday concert celebration is offered as an archived stream, July 31, at 8:30PM.

Here's Mavis Staples with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, and "You Are Not Alone":

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