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Mavis Staples
Ricky Ross presents an extended interview with the successful gospel singer and civil rights activist about her sixty year career, recorded in Glasgow in January 2011.
Ricky Ross presents an extended interview with the successful artist who has been performing for over sixty years with The Staple Singers. Mavis Staples talks about her friendship with Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Prince and Martin Luther King. In this special programme Mavis describes her career as a gospel & soul singer and a civil rights activist. This conversation was recording during Mavis' first ever trip to Glasgow during Celtic Connections in January 2011.
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