A don’t miss show presented by Garland Cultural Arts – MAVIS STAPLES, Friday, March 24, at 8 p.m.
Hailed by NPR as “one of America’s defining voices of freedom and peace,” Mavis Staples is the kind of once-in-a generation artist whose impact on music and culture would be difficult to overstate. She’s both a Blues and a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer; a civil rights icon; a Grammy Award-winner; a chart-topping soul/gospel/rhythm and blues pioneer; a National Arts Awards Lifetime Achievement recipient; and a Kennedy Center honoree. In addition, she was named one of the ‘100 Greatest Singers of all Time’ by Rolling Stone Magazine in 2008
She marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., performed at John F. Kennedy’s inauguration and sang in Barack Obama’s White House. She’s collaborated with everyone from Prince and Bob Dylan to Arcade Fire and Hozier, blown away countless festivalgoers from Newport Folk and Glastonbury to Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo, performed with The Band at The Last Waltz, and graced the airwaves on Fallon, Colbert, Ellen, Austin City Limits, Jools Holland, the Grammys and more.
The show will be at the Granville Arts Center, 300 North Fifth Street in downtown Garland.