The incomparable soul and gospel singer Mavis Staples will appear this October 1st at the 2011 New Yorker Festival, the esteemed magazine's three-day celebration of arts, literature, and ideas. This year's event is entitled a "conversation with music" and will take place at the historic Gramercy Theatre. It will be …
170 Million Americans for Public Broadcasting and ANTI- Records are pleased to announce the release of Raise Your Voice!, a 16-track compilation of music from ANTI- artists being offered as a free download to advocates for public broadcasting. Anyone who signs up to join the campaign can download the compilation …
After winning the first Grammy of her career earlier this month, Mavis Staples makes a triumphant return to LA next week for a Conan appearance on Wednesday March 2nd and a performance honoring former Secretary of State Colin Powell at the NAACP Image Awards on Friday March 4. Mavis is …
Congratulations to Mavis Staples! In the latest issue of Living Blues they announced the recipients of the 18th Annual Living Blues Awards. Mavis took home awards for Blues Artist of the Year (Female) and Most Outstanding Blues Singer. Take a look at the entire list of winners here.
This year's annual Bonnaroo Festival, happening from June 9th to June 12th in Manchester Tennessee, is shaping up to be one of the best ever. The festivities helped, in part, by an eclectic and consistently soulful collection of artists recording on the Anti Records label that include Mavis Staples, DeVotchKa, …
Anti-Records would like to congratulate the remarkable Mavis Staples for her Grammy Award win in the category of Best Americana Album vocal or Instrumental for her incredible 2010 album You Are Not Alone. The record was produced by Jeff Tweedy of acclaimed band Wilco who additionally wrote two of the …