“I Ain’t Easy To Love” is the lead track off legendary singer Candi Staton’s latest album, Life Happens. The song, which features soulful guest vocals from Jason Isbell and John Paul White of the ...
Candi Staton is a soul music veteran with a stirring voice that can convey the weight of anguish and the joy of rapture. Her new album, His Hands, is a rich mixture of R&B and country standards, ...
Southern soul pioneer Candi Staton will be releasing her 30th album, Unstoppable, on August 24th. The album, which follows the 2016 gospel-dance collection It’s Time to Be Free, returns Staton to her ...
At February's Alabama Music Hall of Fame induction banquet, inductee Candi Staton sang I Ain't Easy to Love with the Civil Wars' John Paul White. The performance, which premieres at USA TODAY, shows ...
Years before she was known for classic R&B tunes like “Young Hearts Run Free,” “You Got the Love,” and “Nights on Broadway”; the GRAMMY® Award nominated soul singer Candi Staton literally had a driver ...
With four Grammy nominations and four other Hall of Fame inductions already under her belt, Candi Staton seems to be a shoo-in for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Known as the most ...
Candi Staton is one of the stars of this year’s Love Supreme festival at Glynde Place, near Lewes. She spoke to KentOnline about her love of performing - and why one of her best-known songs resonates ...
Calling from her New York hotel hours before taping her second appearance in nine months on "Late Show With David Letterman," soul-music icon Candi Staton says, "I live it as I sing it, you know." Her ...
The essence of Alabama soul music, as refined and made famous the world over by the recording studios in Muscle Shoals, was never hard-core urban rhythm and blues. Rather, it was a blend of black ...
Ed Gordon talks with gospel and soul singer Candi Staton about her music career, and overcoming alcohol and domestic abuse. She has a new album, His Hands. Early in the program, we talked about black ...
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