New CD You Are Not Alone produced by Jeff Tweedy out Sept 14, 2010

2010 GRAMMY Nominee for Live: Hope At The Hideout (Best Contemporary Blues Album) and featured on Oh Happy Day (Best Traditional Gospel Album), "Waiting For My Child To Come Home" performed with Patty Griffin

Live: Hope at the Hideout was named one of the Best Live CDs of All Time by Amazon.com editors. Have A Little Faith (2005) honored among DownBeat's Best of the 2000's

Featured in 2009 GRAMMY Nominated Respect Yourself - The Stax Records Story (named after The Staple Singers hit) - Best Long Form Music Video category.

2005 GRAMMY Nominations: collaboration with Dr. John on "Lay My Burden Down" (Best Gospel Performance) from Dr. John's N'awlinz Dis Dat Or D'udda (Best Contemporary Blues Album) and was featured performing "Hard Times Come Again No More" on the album Beautiful Dreamer - The Songs of Stephen Foster (Best Traditional Folk Album)

2003 Grammy Nominee with Bob Dylan (Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals) for their duet "Gotta Change My Way of Thinking" on Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan which was nominated for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

Blues Music Award Winner: Soul/Blues Female Artist of the Year 2005 & 2006; Winner of 2005 Blues Album of the Year and Soul/Blues Album of the Year for her acclaimed release, Have A Little Faith

First Amendment Center / Americana Music Association Spirit of Americana Free Speech Award (2007)

National Heritage Fellowship Award Winner (2006) by The National Endowment for the Arts

GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award Winner (2005)

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee with The Staple Singers (1999)

Included on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers of All Time and VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll

"Mavis Staples Day" declared June 19 2007 by Illinois Lt. Governor Pat Quinn, in recognition of Mavis' legendary career and lifelong dedication to civil rights

"Mavis Staples Day" proclaimed by City of Chicago Sunday, June 12, 2005

With the groundbreaking family gospel group The Staple Singers ("I'll Take You There", "Respect Yourself") and on her own, Mavis is responsible for blazing a rhythm & blues trail while never relinquishing her gospel roots

Rolling Stone named Staple Singers' "I'll Take You There" and "Respect Yourself" among Top 500 Songs of All Time

Appearances in The Band's The Last Waltz with The Staple Singers and collaborations with Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bill Cosby to Presidents Kennedy, Carter and Clinton to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Prince, Bob Dylan, Los Lobos, Aretha Franklin, Ry Cooder and many others barely scratch the surface of Mavis' accomplishments

Mavis is available for bookings in two separate formats: Mavis Staples performing with her own band and Mavis Staples - A Tribute to Mahalia Jackson. In her band shows, Mavis performs the hits of The Staple Singers ("I'll Take You There", "Respect Yourself") as well as solo material. For the Mahalia Jackson tribute, Mavis performs classic gospel songs associated with gospel great and Mavis mentor, Mahalia Jackson, accompanied by an organist.

2009 Festival Performances alone include: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival; Newport Folk Festival 50; Singapore Grand Prix Carnival; Vancouver Folk Music Festival; Long Beach Blues Festival, CA; Calgary Folk Music Festival; International Festival of Arts and Ideas, New Haven, CT; Tremblant International Blues Festival, Canada; Limestone City Blues Festival, Canada; Houston International Festival; Snowbird Tent Revival, UT; The Vermont Blues Festival