Neko Case talks to Mavis Staples in advance of their appearances at Hideout Block Party & A.V. Fest
by Peter Margasak
Neko Case and Mavis Staples both have glorious voices that can stop you in your tracks, and when they've got you in their grip, they both make sure to impart serious ideas about what it means to be human. Case, whose solo career took off during her early-aughts sojourn in Chicago, and Staples, a Chicago lifer who made her name in family gospel band the Staple Singers, are separated in age by more than three decades—the former turns 43 on Sunday, while the latter is 74—but they're connected by the passion for social justice that fuels much of their music.…[ Read more ]