‘I can sing if I want to, or I can stay at home for the rest of my life because the cheques keep coming in’ (Alan Messer) “It is amazing,” she says, beaming, of this late-in-life recognition that’s ...

*Sadly we must report that soul/gospel singer Candi Staton has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Staton, 78, received the news on the first day of rehearsals for her summer tour in support of her ...

This year, gospel, soul and disco icon Candi Staton celebrated her 85th year with a Grammy nomination for her latest album, Back to My Roots. It’s a return to the gospel music she and her older sister ...

Candi Staton makes her first appearance on Mountain Stage, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va. Staton had a string of gritty R&B hits before striking out as a disco diva ...

Candi Staton was recently featured in the documentary Muscle Shoals about the legendary FAME Studios. "I look at this album as an anthology of my life," Staton says. "Each song tells a story of some ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Candi Staton says she’s been diagnosed with breast cancer. The 78-year-old said she received the news over the summer on the first day of rehearsals for her tour. She writes in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The singer recounts the story in 'Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution,' airing this June on PBS Candi Staton is telling the ...

Diva Candi Staton featured on Ace gospel album. ON THE 27th March reissue specialist label Ace Records will be releasing an album by veteran R&B, dance and gospel diva Candi Stato ...

(RNS) — Before she became known for R&B, soul and dance music, singer Candi Staton was a musician in an Alabama church. On a Sunday in the middle of September, 1963, she accompanied her church’s ...

I listen to hundreds of new albums in a year, and when you do that, it’s really easy to fall into a critical lockstep and to start feeling like you’ve heard everything worthwhile there is to hear. So ...

Coronation Street actress Kym Marsh is set to make a return to the music scene in a collaboration with Candi Staton. Details about the duet are being kept under wraps but the pair are due to debut the ...

Candi Staton has hit out at Wagner Carrilho's cover of her track 'You Got The Love'. The soul singer told X magazine that she "didn't like" Carrilho's take on the song, which he performed at the ...