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She might be most famous for fronting family band The Staple Singers, a group often credited with providing a spiritual soundtrack to the civil rights movement, but Mavis Staples has been releasing solo work with the same soulful ferocity since the late '60s. And it's about time you noticed.

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I’ve been airborne for about eight hours in the past week, and one of my favorite parts of flying is bursting through the clouds (or better yet, hovering right above them).  This experience has inspired the latest playlist, albeit a short one. The top seven “cloud” songs.  (Click on the word cloud in each for an mp3!).

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As you will see from the above sign, Ms Staples did not quite make it to her performance at the Sage the other night (nor to Basingstoke Anvil four nights later, according to my dad). Disappointing as this was, it was handled brilliantly by the Sage who, not having chance to warn us as the cancellation