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October 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Pops-Music

Pops Staples bought a music book for $5 – to teach himself to play. He earned the money to buy the book by picking cotton, making $3 a week. And you hear that in his guitar-sound, and you feel that in the incredible music he made. So you know that by the way he played […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Poem, Poem: Pops-Music, Pops, Pops Staples, Pops-Music, Staples, The Staple Singers, The Staples Singers ·

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August 7, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Mavis!: Film

Mavis! Director: Jessica Edwards Film First Co./Home Box Office (HBO) It pretty hard to fault Mavis! – the feature-length doco covering the life of living legend Mavis Staples. I’ve seen Staples perform three times in recent years, highlights in every show and I’ve been charmed by her as an interview subject. She’s funny, wise – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Documentary, Film, Film Festival, Film Review, Gospel, Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples, Mavis!, Movie, Movie Review, Music, Music Doco, Pops Staples, Prince, Ry Cooder, Soul, The Staple Singers ·

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March 9, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Pops Staples: Don’t Lose This

Pops Staples Don’t Lose This Anti Those touched-up posthumous albums…usually alarm bells ring, the hairs on the back of necks bristle, eyebrows twitch, toes can curl, buttocks sometimes clench – but no such issues here with Pops Staples (belated final ‘solo’ album) Don’t Lose This. Pops was recording this – in ill-health – in the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Don't Lose This, Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples, Pops Staples, Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Spencer Tweedy, The Staples Singers, Wilco ·

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