Chronogram’s 8-Day-Week: Mavis Staples at Bearsville

  |  November 14, 2013

Tomorrow night, one of the towering figures of soul, gospel, and R&B, the divine diva Mavis Staples, hits the Bearsville Theater. Staples connected with a new and younger audience when she recorded the Grammy-winning You Are Not Alone, a set produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy. Her newest recording, One True Vine, was released this year and finds the 74-year-old icon singing songs by Nick Lowe, George Clinton, and Low’s Alan Sparhawk. (Denny Laine plays Abbey Road November 9; Conehead Buddha jams November 22.) 7pm. $75, $59, $49, $39. Bearsville. (845) 679-4406.

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