{"id":4755,"date":"2025-08-26T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/mavis-staples-new-album\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T14:35:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:35:00","slug":"mavis-staples-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/mavis-staples-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavis Staples Makes \u2018Beautiful\u2019 Music With Star-Studded Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/MavisStaples_ElizabethDeLaPiedra_058_HiRes_Crop-scaled.jpeg\" width=\"1290\" height=\"922\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>86-year-old legend Mavis Staples has rounded up a star-studded cast of collaborators for her new album, <em>Sad and Beautiful World<\/em>, arriving Nov. 7 from Anti-. The Brad Cook-produced project is led by Staples\u2019 covers of Frank Ocean\u2019s \u201cGodspeed\u201d and Kevin Morby\u2019s \u201cBeautiful Strangers,\u201d the latter of which was written in tribute to victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeautiful Strangers\u201d features contributions from MJ Lenderman, Cook and his brother Phil and longtime Staples bandleader Rick Holmstrom, plus backing vocals from Nathaniel Rateliff and Tr\u00e9 Burt. Also appearing throughout the album are Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Bon Iver\u2019s Justin Vernon, Wilco\u2019s Jeff Tweedy, Derek Trucks, Indigo Girls\u2019 Amy Ray, Drive-By Truckers\u2019 Patterson Hood, Iron &amp; Wine\u2019s Sam Beam and Waxahatchee\u2019s Katie Crutchfield.<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/08\/police-members-royalty-lawsuit\/\">Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland Sue Sting Over Police Royalties<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/08\/close-but-no-cigar\/\">CLOSE, BUT NO CIGAR<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/08\/crack-that-whip-new-documentary-explores-the-evolution-of-devo\/\">Crack That Whip: New Documentary Explores the Evolution of Devo\u00a0<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Staples tackles a wide range of material on <em>Sad and Beautiful World<\/em>, including songs popularized by Curtis Mayfield, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Sparklehorse and Gillian Welch. Another track, \u201cHuman Mind,\u201d was written specifically for her by Hozier and Allison Russell. <a href=\"https:\/\/stores.portmerch.com\/mavisstaples\/?ffm=FFM_c781c00c5d6ef0ca946d99d0da8f5003\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to pre-order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMavis is the transcendent force of love embodied,\u201d says Russell. \u201cThere is no higher honor than one of my biggest heroes being moved by words I wrote.\u201d\u00a0Adds Staples, \u201cI just have to deliver the compassion I feel. I want to share the song the way I feel it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt isn\u2019t easy to put into words what it feels like having one of the best, most important vocalists and cultural figures of both the 20th and 21st century sing one of my songs,\u201d marvels Morby. \u201cBut hearing Mavis sing \u2018Beautiful Strangers\u2019 is hands down the greatest moment and highest honor of my career. Far beyond any kind of accolade or acclaim \u2014 having one of my biggest heroes sing something I wrote is the most validating and flattering thing that could ever happen to me as a songwriter and person. Thank you, Mavis. Mavis also wields that extremely rare power to take a song somebody else wrote and make it entirely her own. As the person who penned \u2018Beautiful Strangers,\u2019 I feel I have every right to say [that] her version is better.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"AqfIe8qEc70\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>86-year-old legend Mavis Staples has rounded up a star-studded cast of collaborators for her new album, Sad and Beautiful World, arriving Nov. 7 from Anti-. 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