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10:47 AM GMT 24/08/2010

Mavis Staples, southern soul legend and bona fide gospel queen, will release her new album, You Are Not Alone, on September 13.

The record has been produced by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and includes reinterpretations of tracks by the likes of Randy Newman, Allen Toussaint, John Fogerty, Rev. Gary Davis, Little Milton and Mavis's father, the legendary Pops Staples. Tweedy, who also plays guitar and bass on the LP, has also contributed two new songs. Receiving four stars in the current issue of the magazine, the record is made up of "country soul reworkings of the gospel and blues songbook" with MOJO's Lois Wilson calling Mavis' vocal performances "intense, deep... and quite simply jaw-dropping".

You Are Not Alone follows Staples' last studio album, 2007's Ry Cooder-produced We'll Never Turn Back, and the following year's Grammy-nominated Live: Hope At The Hideout.

Watch their acoustic performance of Creedence Clearwater Revival's Wrote A Song For Everyone by clicking the video below!

Mavis Staples photo courtesy of Chris Strong

Posted by Ross_Bennett at 10:47 AM GMT 24/08/2010

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  • Mavis Staples,Is the best ever!

    Posted by Donald H.Randell at 10:58 PM GMT 24/08/2010 Report Abuse

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  • Awesome. Great to see two greats hitting it! Great hook ...

    Posted by Lee Beasley at 2:34 AM GMT 25/08/2010 Report Abuse

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  • Every CCR song is a hit! Saw John Fogerty at Bonnaroo and knew every song in his set list. Go, Mavis, go girl!

    Posted by alc at 3:13 PM GMT 25/08/2010 Report Abuse

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  • Is Chicago in the "South" now? Didn't realize that...thanks Mojo

    Posted by The Troof at 4:35 PM GMT 25/08/2010 Report Abuse

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  • holy cow.

    Posted by aef at 9:51 PM GMT 25/08/2010 Report Abuse

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  • RE: The Troof No, but there's an awful lot of South in Chicago.

    Posted by miles59 at 4:35 AM GMT 26/08/2010 Report Abuse

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  • Jeff Rocks!

    Posted by Anonymous at 9:01 AM GMT 26/08/2010 Report Abuse

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  • Solid sound, storng voices, nice and simple orchestrations. A work of maturity. Staples could be funky without being raw or crude. Nice choice guys! Thank you again

    Posted by Carmen at 5:27 AM GMT 08/02/2012 Report Abuse

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  • Solid sound, storng voices, nice and simple orchestrations. A work of maturity. Staples could be funky without being raw or crude. Nice choice guys! Thank you again

    Posted by Carmen at 5:28 AM GMT 08/02/2012 Report Abuse

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  • Solid sound, storng voices, nice and simple orchestrations. A work of maturity. Staples could be funky without being raw or crude. Nice choice guys! Thank you again

    Posted by Carmen at 5:28 AM GMT 08/02/2012 Report Abuse

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  • Solid sound, storng voices, nice and simple orchestrations. A work of maturity. Staples could be funky without being raw or crude. Nice choice guys! Thank you again

    Posted by Carmen at 5:31 AM GMT 08/02/2012 Report Abuse

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