Mavis Cleans Up Down Under

Mavis is in the midst of a ten-date festival tour of Australia and New Zealand. Following her performance at WOMAD New Zealand, The New Zealand Herald said: "The highlight of the evening was a stirring set from gospel/soul singer Mavis Staples, beginning with a gospel-tinged swamp-blues version of Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth" and the gospel standard "Wade in the Water" before drifting into her historic soul hits."

For her encore, Mavis was joined onstage by Sharon Jones from soul revivalists Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings.

Pic: Mavis onstage in New Zealand backed by drummer Stephen Hodges. (c) Karim Sahai.