Livin' on a High Note

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MAVIS STAPLES CALLS ON BIG NAMES (ALOE BLACC, BON IVER, NICK CAVE...) FOR HER NEW EVENT ALBUM. THIS ALBUM IS RELEASED TO COINCIDE WITH THE BROADCAST OF A DOCUMENTARY ON HER CAREER. MAVIS STAPLES is an alchemist of American music who has perpetually crossed genres like no other artist since Ray Charles. Blending into the very fabric of gospel, soul, folk, pop, R&B, blues, rock, and even hip hop, for the past 60 years, the iconic singer has sung through many eras, constantly and infallibly adapting to them. Along the way, she has honed her skills with many legends, injecting her timeless talent into each of her performances. With Livin' On A High Note, the singer continues her momentum with great freshness. She invites exceptional artists such as Benjamin Booker, Aloe Blacc, Bon Iver, Son Little, Valerie June, Neko Case, and Nick Cave, to specially compose these twelve tracks for her. A sumptuous album released as American channel HBO prepares to broadcast an exceptional documentary film about MAVIS's story on February 29th in the United States. "While a lot of (more or less) young people today manage to recreate the alchemical formulas of yesterday's soul, it is legitimately granny Mavis who releases the most beautiful album of the year. Not an antique trinket, but a record brimming with emotion and life, one that we will still be listening to in ten years, I promise." Les Inrocks