British musician Ala.ni has released a clever new a capella remix of Mavis Staples’ 2019 song, “One More Change.” The track finds Ala.ni isolating Staples’ original vocals then meticulously building around them to create a vibrant arrangement of percussive chants and lush backing harmonies. Ala.ni crafted her “One More Change” …
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With concerts indefinitely shut down thanks to COVID-19, musicians who’ve spent much of their lives on tour are stuck at home this summer, and pondering an uncertain future.“I just don’t even know what is realistic at this moment,”says Cheap Trick’s Tom Petersson. Buddy Guy I haven’t picked up the guitar …
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Just a little under 20 years ago, Mavis Staples thought her career was over. Pops Staples, her father and the leader of the Staples Singers, had just died and she didn’t see how she could possibly carry on without him. “I’d just sit down and wouldn’t get up,” Mavis Staples …
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