Mavis StaplesHave a Little Faith

Staples sings gospel like it's a conversation, that grainy, lived-in voice carrying decades of marching and praying. The songs roll on warm guitar and handclap rhythm, soul and spiritual blurring together. She lifts the room without ever shouting, just leaning into a phrase until it glows. This is the record that relaunched her late run, the one labels passed on before it caught fire. Comforting and quietly fierce. Put it on when you need a little lift.