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 &
HEREofficial website
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