Mavis Staples Streaming

It seemed at first an unlikely collaboration: Mavis Staples – gospel icon and civil rights campaigner – hooking up with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy. Yet their first album together, 2010's You Are Not Alone , was so warmly received it seems to have convinced them to continue their working relationship.

This time around, One True Vine sees Staples stripping back her sound to the basics – acoustic guitar, mainly – and letting that wondrous voice stand out. There are covers here – including Funkadelic's Can You Get to That and Low's Holy Ghost – along with a handful of new compositions by the likes of Nick Lowe and Tweedy himself.

Out June 25, 2013 but you can listen to the entire album HERE & HERE

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