Candi Staton has been called the “First Lady of Southern Soul” thanks to a string of hits in the 1970s that included R&B versions of "Stand By Your Man" and "In The Ghetto." Later, she topped the ...

This week on American Routes Shortcuts, we hear from Candi Staton who has been working in music for over four decades. From her Christian upbringing to the Chitlin’ Circuit, from making records in ...

Ed Gordon talks with gospel and soul singer Candi Staton about her music career, and overcoming alcohol and domestic abuse. She has a new album, His Hands. Early in the program, we talked about black ...

Calling from her New York hotel hours before taping her second appearance in nine months on "Late Show With David Letterman," soul-music icon Candi Staton says, "I live it as I sing it, you know." Her ...

I'm Just A Prisoner (Of Your Good Lovin'); Evidence; I'd Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart (Than A Young Man's Fool); The Best Thing You Ever Had; Someone You Use; That's How Strong My Love Is; ...

Southern soul pioneer Candi Staton will be releasing her 30th album, Unstoppable, on August 24th. The album, which follows the 2016 gospel-dance collection It’s Time to Be Free, returns Staton to her ...

Soul singer Candi Staton is keeping a low profile in a baseball cap and sunglasses as we sit in a quiet corner of a hotel dining room. "Am I unstoppable? You could call it that," she declares with a ...

The 78-year-old soul singer received the diagnosis on the first day of rehearsals for her summer tour – which went ahead as planned Soul singer Candi Staton has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The ...

With four Grammy nominations and four other Hall of Fame inductions already under her belt, Candi Staton seems to be a shoo-in for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Known as the most ...

The Young Hearts Run Free singer, 78, started a 12-week course of chemotherapy yesterday having found out she had breast cancer this summer SOUL star Candi Staton has been diagnosed with breast cancer ...

If anyone has earned the right to use the title "soul survivor," it's Candi Staton. The Southern singer, a staple on early '70s R&B playlists, was driven into seclusion by a combination of domestic ...