UMavis Staples yenye ye Iinkwenkwezi ezinkulu zomculo waseMelika Inkulungwane yama-XNUMX. Emva kokusweleka kukayise, wabhala icwecwe lakhe, nemali yakhe, waya kwiilebheli zomculo ezahlukeneyo ukuyokuthengisa.
Emva kokulandela utata wakhe amashumi amathandathu eminyaka, wajongana nentsha umngeni wedwa. Emva kobunzima obuthile bokuqala, ngo-2007 waqala ukusebenzela iiRekhodi ze-ANTI kunye noRy Cooder, kwaye ngo-2010 noJeff Tweedy, abanga ukuba uyonwaba ukuba nobuhlobo obukhethekileyo kunye naye.
Ukusuka kweli khondo lomsebenzi wedwa kunye nentsebenziswano noJeff Tweedy, sinokuqaqambisa ii-albhamu ezinje nge "Awukho wedwa", Ukusukela ngo-2010 kananjalo"Umdiliya omnye oyinyani”, Ukusukela ngo-2013. Zombini ezi albhamu ziye zanikezela ngengoma ezingalibalekiyo. Ukongeza, uxwebhu "uMavis", ukusukela kunyaka ophelileyo u-2015, usebenze ukubonisa amandla alo mculi ngokwakhe.
Eyakho icwecwe elitsha le studio, “Ukuphila ngenqaku eliphezulu", Iveliswe nguM. Ward, kunye nokuqanjwa okutsha ngamagcisa aselula afana noValerie Juni, uBenjamin Booker okanye uAloe Blacc, ekwabonisa iimvumi ezinamava ezinje ngeNeko Case, uNick Cave, uJustin Vernon (uBon Iver), uM. umvelisi werekhodi) okanye uBen Harper. Ipowusta yobunewunewu obugqibeleleyo bokuhamba kunye nentsomi yengoma yaseMelika esele igqibe iminyaka engama-76.
Umntu ophethe isandi secwecwe nguM. Ward, umfana onetalente kunye nemibono emitsha, oye waqamba nengoma. Ngaphandle kweemvumi ezingafaniyo, iWadi ikwazile ukunika ukunamathela kwimixholo ukuze idiski ivakala ngathi iseti yecompact. Ingoma yokuqala eqanjiweyo yayi "Inqaku eliphezulu", Umele kakhulu umzuzu wokuhlala kukaMavis Staples, osebenze engatshatanga. Yonke into ibonisa ukuba "Ukuhlala kwiNqaku eliPhakamileyo" kuya kuba yinto ehamba phambili. Masikhumbule ukuba eli bali lokwenyani lomculo, kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo, akazange afumane mntu wokuhlela iirekhodi zakhe.