Mavis Staples News

Contemporary swing revival band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, arrives in Park City on December 20. The band will perform as part of the Park City Institute's 20th Anniversary Main Stage Season at the George S. and Dolores Dor Eccles Center.

Here Come The Mummies will perform at the Boulder Theater on Saturday, January 6, 2018.

Anyone who's had the pleasure of experiencing a Groundlings show will not only have tired hands from all the clapping and strained lungs from all the whooping and laughing, but also have worn-out toes from tapping along with the smoking hot Groundlings house band. Musical director Matthew Loren Cohen took a break from his many musical commitments and rehearsals to share some behind-the-scene Groundlings magic with BroadwayWorld.

On last night's LATE SHOW, legendary R&B and gospel singer Mavis Staples performed the new song 'Build A Bridge' from her album 'If All I Was Was Black.' Watch the appearance below!

The Kitchen will present a one-night-only, all-star assemblage of three seminal avatars of 1980s downtown jazz oddity who are still performing at the height of their unique artistry: The Microscopic Septet, The Jazz Passengers and Kamikaze Ground Crew. On Saturday, December 9

Today Gorillaz share a surprise new track, Garage Palace featuring Little Simz. The song has already been raucously received at their live shows and now it comes accompanied by a brilliantly retro 8-bit video game visualizer. Collaborating with Little Simz' illustrator McKay Felt and director Noah Harris, this video adds to their long run of innovative and ground-breaking work, with the game ingeniously following Simz through dark alleys and cloudy skies on a series of combats, missions and obstacles to reach the top of a tower block for her final battle, but not without the collective muscle of Gorillaz behind her. Level UP!

Kenny Rogers' musical career has touched many different styles of music throughout various generations, and his farewell performance to Nashville, All In For The Gambler, served as a reminder of the musical impact that his career has had

Adding to the landmark 20th Anniversary Main Stage Season at the George S. and Dolores Dor Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, the Park City Institute announced the addition of two legendary music performances to its lineup.

Music stars Reba McEntire, Chris Stapleton, Lady Antebellum and Wynonna Judd have been added to the momentous lineup for 'All In For The Gambler: Kenny Rogers' Farewell Concert Celebration,' an all-star concert event taping at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee today, October 25, 2017 at 7PM CT.

Take Me to the River LIVE, the Memphis Soul and Rhythm & Blues Revue starring Grammy Award-winners William Bell, Charlie Musselwhite and Bobby Rush comes to the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) Sunday, Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. Media sponsor for this event is WDCB, 90.9 FM, Public Radio from College of DuPage.

M. Ward will bring WHISPERTOWN to the Fox Theatre today, October 13, 2017.

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents Ruthie Foster, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Carrie Rodriguez, the Lone Star State's diverse and celebrated songwriters, on November 8 at 8pm in the Chan Shun Concert Hall. Performing as part of of the Texas Troubadours project, these three distinctive voices come together for the first time to swap songs and collaborate.

WFUV (90.7 FM/wfuv.org), New York's station for music discovery, has announced that Aimee Mann, Randy Newman, Jeff Tweedy, and Lo Moon will perform at the 13th annual Holiday Cheer for FUV concert, which will take place at the Beacon Theatre on Friday, December 15, at 8 p.m. Tickets for the concert, which benefits the public radio station, go on sale on Thursday, October 5, at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster Charge By Phone (1-866-858-0008), all Ticketmaster Outlets and www.beacontheatre.com.

Blackbird Presents is proud to announce Exodus 40 Live, an all-star concert celebration event set to take place Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles.

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents Crosscurrents, a collaboration by virtuoso musicians Zakir Hussain and Dave Holland on October 28 at 8pm in the Chan Shun Concert Hall. Hussain, the world's foremost tabla master, joins forces with Holland bandleader, composer, and 2017 NEA Jazz Master bassist alongside a stellar quintet including saxophonist Chris Potter and vocalist Shankar Mahadevan. Together, the ensemble will explore the fascinating artistic intersections between jazz and Indian music, and bridge two genres seemingly worlds apart.

Grammy nominee Joan Osborne comes to the intimate Scherr Forum Theatre on Saturday, October 28, 2017 at 7:30 pm to pay tribute to music legend and Pulitzer Prize-winner Bob Dylan.

Live at the Eccles is pleased to announce Bob Dylan & His Band Plus Mavis staples are coming to Salt Lake City's Eccles Theater for two nights only.

Wilco will play mid-November concerts in St. Louis, MO and St. Paul, MN to close out their 2017 touring schedule. The shows – at The Pageant in St. Louis on Nov. 13 and at The Palace Theatre in St. Paul on Nov. 15 and 16 – will be the last chance for fans to see the band perform for a while