Candi Staton, “It’s Time to Be Free” (Beracah Records) Candi Staton blends gospel themes and messages of redemption and caution with dance music, funk and soul on “It’s Time to Be Free,” revisiting ...

Candi Staton. “It’s Time To Be Free.” Beracah Records. Candi Staton blends gospel themes and messages of redemption and caution with dance music, funk and soul on “It’s Time To Be Free,” revisiting ...

When Candi Staton signed her contract with Warner Bros. Records in 1974, she had nearly 20 years of professional singing behind her in the gospel and secular realms. And she was just 34 years old. Her ...

*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 ...

Candi Staton has lived a lot of musical lives. She's been a child gospel singer, a '70s Southern soul hit-maker and then a disco queen. Six decades since she toured the gospel circuit with the Jewell ...

Multi-Grammy nminated Candi Staton. *“Started…really writing a couple years ago,” said Grammy-nominated Candi Staton about her new music and recently released single titled “Just Breathe” featuring ...

Candi Staton has earned the title of her latest album, Unstoppable, many times over. Candi grew up poor in Hanceville, Ala. In the 1950s as a teen, she used her remarkable voice to tour across the ...

Candi Staton blends gospel themes and messages of redemption and caution with dance music, funk and soul on "It's Time to Be Free," revisiting earlier hits and perhaps creating new ones. Staton, whose ...