Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy, November 2014 (Daniel Boczarski/MSBB14/Getty Images for Blackbird Productions)
Mavis Staples has shared a new single “All in It Together.” It’s produced by her frequent collaborator Jeff Tweedy, who also plays guitar and sings backing vocals on the track. Proceeds from the song will go toward My Block, My Hood, My City—a Chicago organization helping senior citizens get essentials that they may need to fight COVID-19. Hear “All in It Together” below.
Staples said in a press release:
The song speaks to what we’re going through now—everyone is in this
together, whether you like it or not. It doesn’t matter how much money
you have, what race or sex you are, where you live... it can still
touch you. It’s hit so many people in our country and around the world
in such a horrible way and I just hope this song can bring a little
light to the darkness. We will get through this but we're going to
have to do it together. If this song is able to bring any happiness or
relief to anyone out there in even the smallest way, I wanted to make
sure that I helped to do that.
