17-Date Run Through Europe a Success for Mavis

Mavis recently completed a seventeen-date run of theaters and festivals in UK, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Germany and Norway leaving the continent to rave reviews. The Manchester Evening News said Mavis's set there April 14 "served as a timely reminder that hers is a voice that has been vital to most of the major American music strands – gospel, folk, soul and blues – for decades and that her powerful, passionate and political music is as relevant today as it has ever been."

Dutch daily Trouw summed-up Mavis's sold-out Amsterdam show April 23 with a simple, “Mavis Staples is the true queen of soul and gospel.”

Mavis is slated to return to Europe this summer for the festival season.