Mavis Staples Announces New Album, Shares New Cover of Kevin Morby’s “Beautiful Strangers”: Listen
Mavis Staples has announced a new album. Produced by Brad Cook, Sad and Beautiful World combines original material with covers of songs by Tom Waits, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Frank Ocean, Curtis Mayfield, and Leonard Cohen, among others. In June, Staples shared her rendition of Ocean’s “Godspeed,” and, today, she’s shared her take on Kevin Morby’s “Beautiful Strangers.” Listen to the new song below.