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First Listen: Mavis Staples, 'We Get By'

Mavis Staples is a living embodiment of gospel music's place in the civil rights movement, but she's no static symbol of the past.
Mavis Staples' <em>We Get By</em> comes out May 24.

turns 80 this summer. She's a respected elder of soul and gospel music, a beloved collaborator with rock musicians, and a living embodiment of

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