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Environmental Activist Bill McKibben on How Civility, Humor, and Soul Music Is Essential to Resistance

Talking with PopMatters about his recent environmental-themed novel, Radio Free Vermont , Bill McKibben brings joy to the seriousness of environmental activism. ....

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Donny Gerrard, who sang Skylark's 'Wildflower' has died

Written by Doug Edwards and David Richardson, the million-selling song has become an R&B staple covered by an array of artists, most notably The O’Jays, Lisa Fischer, K-Ci Hailey of Jodeci, Marlena Shaw and Silk. ....

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The Contralto and a Tremelo Guitar

The Contralto and a Tremelo Guitar
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Kot, Greg. I’ll Take You There: Mavis Staples, The Staple Singers, and the March Up Freedom’s Highway. Scribner: New York. 2014.
The young, wholesome face of Mavis Staples graces the cover of this book, but the person who attracted the most attention from me was Pops Staples, the family patriarch. The success of the Staple Singers as stirring gospel performers is attributed to Pops’ direction and management; their spiritual sincerity began with him and stayed with them despite the money-making demands of the pop recording industry, the changing tastes of the black audience, and the gospel police. ....

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Pervis Staples, Staple Singers co-founder, dies aged 85

Last modified on Thu 13 May 2021 08.52 EDT
Pervis Staples, who co-founded the gospel group the Staple Singers, has died aged 85. He died on 6 May, a representative confirmed to Rolling Stone. No cause of death was given.
His sister, Mavis Staples, told the magazine: “Pervis was one of a kind – comical and downright fly. He would want to be remembered as an upright man, always willing to help and encourage others. He was one of the good guys and will live on as a true Chicago legend.”
Roebuck “Pops” Staples formed the Staple Singers with his children Cleotha, Pervis and Mavis in the late 40s. They sang in churches around Chicago and soon recorded for a variety of record labels, leading them to Epic in 1965 and Stax three years later. Pervis became friends with Bob Dylan, who called their 1959 song Uncloudy Day, believed to be the first million-selling gospel single, “the most mysterious thing I’d ever heard”. This prompted him and Mavis to record a well ....

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