Mavis Staples & Levon Helm

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Mavis Staples is an American singer best known for her work with the Staple Singers and as a solo artist. Levon Helm was an American drummer and vocalist best known as a member of The Band; he died in 2012.

Both artists are American. Mavis Staples is associated with the Staple Singers and gospel/soul traditions. Levon Helm was a member of The Band. The reviewed collaboration Carry Me Home draws on gospel, soul, blues and R&B traditions; Levon Helm died months after the recordings referenced in the review.

The review frames Carry Me Home as a closing-of-the-circle collaboration between Mavis Staples and Levon Helm, rich in gospel, soul, blues and R&B. It highlights emotional intensity, historic ties to The Band and the Staple Singers, and the singers' advanced ages during the recordings. The reviewer recommends listening despite a middling numeric rating (3/5).

For:Fans of gospel, soul, blues, rhythm and blues, classic rock, The Band and the Staple Singers.

Here, this "Carry Me Home" is more than an album; it's a circle being closed by Mavis and Levon Helm on the notes of "The Weight," and it couldn't be otherwise: it's a beautiful album, for anyone with a minimal sensitivity to grasp its beauty; even more for those who have been in love with the Band, the Staple Singers, and Mavis Staples and everything that surrounds them for time immemorial.

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