Mavis Staples and similar artists

Arcade Fire - I Give You Power (Ft. Mavis Staples)

Sounds like: Vampire Weekend, LCD Soundsystem, Talking Heads Interpol

Arcade Fire has returned. "I Give You Power" is their first new song in almost four years. The timing of its release is intentional, for the track is ...

Doe Paoro

Shadows (Ft. Son Little)

Sounds like: Rhye, How to Dress Well, Active Child, Hundred Waters, Tei Shi

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On "Shadows," her latest release since 2015's After, Doe Paoro's and Son Little's voices melt, mix together, and solidify in the crevices of the mind ...

Mavis Staples

Dedicated (Co-written by Justin Vernon)

Sounds like: KING, Moses Sumney

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You know Mavis Staples even if you don't recognize her name. The soulstress was part of the seminal soul group The Staples Singers. The family-turned-...

Golden Dawn Arkestra

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Sounds like: Mavis Staples, The Go! Team, Gayngs

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Wow, this track really snuck up on me. I wasn't expecting much on the intro, but it transitions into an absolute jam. The press release around "STARG...

Mavis Staples

Can You Get To That?

Sounds like: Wilco, Arcade Fire, Grace Potter

female vocalist R&B soul blues Live Review

Last night Chicago’s legendary Auditorium Theatre played host to one of the finest events in its nearly 125-year history by celebrating 75 years of th...

The Strokes

Games

Sounds like: Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond, Jr., Julian Casablancas + The Voidz

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Iron & Wine

The Same Old Song (Four Tops Cover)

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Mavis Staples

Song For Everyone (Creedence Clearwater Revival Cover)

Sounds like: The Staple Singers, Bettye Lavette, Patty Griffin

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The Arcade Fire

Wake Up (Live at Bonnaroo 2011)

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Grace Potter & The Nocturnals

Medicine (Live)

Sounds like: Grace Potter, ZZ Ward, Delta Rae

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Dr. John / Superjam

What Comes Around (Goes Around)

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Florence And The Machine

My Darling (Beatles Cover)

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Mavis Staples

You Are Not Alone

Sounds like: The Staple Singers, Bettye Lavette, Patty Griffin

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Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings

This Land Is Your Land

Sounds like: Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Betty LaVette, James Brown

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Can we just take a second to appreciate how funky and fantastic Sharon Jones is?Anyone who attended the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival last month ...

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound

To Love Someone (That Dont Love You)

Sounds like: Sharon Jones, The Budos Band, Lee Fields & The Expressions

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The legendary Hideout in Chicago played host to a sweaty dance party in celebration of JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound's release of a new 7" single, ...

Mavis Staples

Song For Everyone

Sounds like: Wilco, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Bettye LaVette

R&B soul blues rock wilco bluegrass

The once-tortured mastermind behind Wilco teams up with gospel royalty to create one of the most surprisingly uplifting albums of the year. Two Chicag...

Best Coast

When I'm With You

Sounds like: Beach Boys, Pocahaunted, Fool's Gold

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Best Coast is the latest project of Los Angeles musician, and former member of Pocahaunted, Bethany Cosentino. In her first musical endeavour since he...