The Staple Singers

It's 1948 and Pops Staples - steel worker by day/ bluesman by night - is preparing his three daughters for their first performance at a local church service in their new home town of Chicago. 52 years later, the Staples' family figurehead passed away, leaving behind a vast body of songs that made it all the way from the plantations of Mississippi to stadiums across America. Read More

If you've seen David Byrne's film True Stories , you may remember the character of the voodoo priest. Read More