Morning Show host Jill Riley recently had a chance to connect with Mavis Staples as a part of The Current’s Phone a Friend series. The two discussed Staples’s new song, “All In It Together,” produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, as well as her fond memories of John Prine. Jill Riley: Mavis, how are you doing? […]
Before last night I was a Brandi fan, but I was no fanatic. I have come to the light. I spent most of the time before the show surveying the landscape, assessing what kind of “crowd” we’d be dealing with tonight. I was slightly taken by surprise because it was a mix of…well…everybody. That made […]
The Xcel Energy Center audience were firmly asked not to use phones — at all — so it was a darkened mass of fans who surrounded the simply lit stage at one end of the arena. There were also no video screens, so all faces were turned directly towards the man at the piano, testing […]
