{"id":42318,"date":"2025-11-10T15:56:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T14:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/?p=42318"},"modified":"2025-11-10T21:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:43:11","slug":"mavis-staples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/2025\/11\/mavis-staples\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavis Staples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-42320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SadandBeautifulWorld-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SadandBeautifulWorld-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SadandBeautifulWorld-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SadandBeautifulWorld.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Als iemand recht van spreken heeft over de toestand in de wereld, is het <a href=\"https:\/\/mavisstaples.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mavis Staples<\/a>. Haar ge\u00ebngageerdheid stamt al uit de tijd van de Civil Rights Movement, vele decennia geleden. Sindsdien is de wereld er alleen maar grimmiger op geworden, zoals ze getuigt op haar schitterende nieuwe album <strong>Sad And Beautiful World<\/strong> (Anti). De fenomenale rock-soul-gospel-diva trapt, ongetwijfeld inhakend op de actualiteit, bijtend af met de Tom Waits-cover <em>Chicago<\/em>: \u2018To leave all we&#8217;ve ever known \/ For a place we&#8217;ve never seen \/ Maybe things will be better in Chicago\u2019, met een glansrol <!--more-->voor de raspende gitaar van Buddy Guy. <em>Beautiful Strangers<\/em> bevindt zich in rustiger vaarwater, al is de tekst niet minder pregnant: \u2018If the door gets kicked in here, they come now \/ Think of others, be their cover \/ I am what they&#8217;re not\u2019. De relaxte groove is toonaangevend voor de rest van het album. Het titelnummer is vooral \u2018sad\u2019 qua tekst, de schoonheid zit \u2018m in de muziek. Het opbeurende <em>Human Mind<\/em> is gedrenkt in gloedvolle countrysoul. <em>Hard Times <\/em>spoort aan tot verzet tegen de agro-industrie. De gedragen gospel <em>Godspeed <\/em>maant tot hoop houden: \u2018This love will keep us through blinding of the eyes \/ Silence in the ears, darkness of the mind\u2019. <em>We Got To Have Peace<\/em> is een bijna wanhopige oproep om op z\u2019n minst te denken aan de generaties na ons. <em>Anthem<\/em> is een verbeten aanklacht tegen vrome hypocrisie: \u2018I can&#8217;t run no more \/ With that lawless crowd \/ While the killers in high places \/ Say their prayers out loud\u2019. Een uitweg in een tijd met bonussen van duizend miljard dollar biedt het aloude <em>Satisfied Mind<\/em>, ooit een grote hit van Porter Wagoner: \u2018The wealthiest person is a pauper at times \/ Compar\u0435d to the man with a satisfied mind\u2019. <em>Everybody Needs Love<\/em> onderstreept nog eens wat iedereen weet, dat niemand het in zijn eentje gaat redden: \u2018Ain&#8217;t nobody ever find happiness \/ Living the life all alone\u2019. En wat een fraaie hoesfoto.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mavis Staples - &quot;Beautiful Strangers&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AqfIe8qEc70\" width=\"440\" height=\"330\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Als iemand recht van spreken heeft over de toestand in de wereld, is het Mavis Staples. Haar ge\u00ebngageerdheid stamt al uit de tijd van de Civil Rights Movement, vele decennia geleden. Sindsdien is de wereld er alleen maar grimmiger op geworden, zoals ze getuigt op haar schitterende nieuwe album Sad And Beautiful World (Anti). 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