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After being forced to take a year off due to the Covid-19 pandemic, MerleFest will return in Fall 2021. The annual eclectic musical fest will take place September 16th to 19th in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, with a first round of performers that includes Melissa Etheridge, Mavis Staples, and LeAnn Rimes. …

After releasing her albumWe Get By in May, Mavis Staples dropped by CBS This Morning on Saturday to perform two tracks from her latest LP. The soul and gospel legend played both “Change” and her 14th studio album’s title track “We Get By” for the morning show’s “Saturday Sessions.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT7reIYTf5Y …