Mavis Staples, William Tyler

Name: Mavis Staples, William Tyler
Start: 2016-09-10T20:30:00
End: 2016-09-10T20:30:00
Location: Majestic Theatre

Sep 10, 2016 8:30 PM

$45 ($42.50 adv.)

Majestic Theatre 115 King St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703

July 6, 2016

3:37 PM

ISTHMUS PICK

Saturday, Sept. 10, Majestic Theatre, 8:30 pm

She’s still got it. The legendary R&B/gospel singer is, at age 77, in the midst of a late-career resurgence, working in recent years with Jeff Tweedy and Win Butler. Hip singer-songwriter M. Ward produced her latest album, Livin’ on a High Note, which features one song penned by Eau Claire native Justin Vernon (Bon Iver). With William Tyler.

$45 ($42.50 adv.). Doors 7:30 pm.

press release: Mavis Staples is living, breathing history. She is an alchemist of American music, having continuously crossed genre lines like no musician since Ray Charles. Weaving herself into the very fabric of gospel, soul, folk, pop, R&B, blues, rock, and hip hop over the last 60 years, this iconic singer has seen and sung through so many changes, always rising up to meet every road.

Now in her seventh decade, with the release of her new album Livin’ on a High Note (ANTI-), she is only gaining momentum. Produced by M. Ward with songs by Neko Case, Justin Vernon, Nick Cave, Ben Harper, Tune-Yards, Aloe Blacc and others, the album serves as a summation and furtherance of her illustrious career. Refusing to fade away, she continues to tour incessantly, remaining as vital, engaged, and true as always. There is no persona; she is, simply and untouchably, Mavis—and Livin’ on a High Note is the symphony of her life.