Candi Staton to release final album; "Back To My Roots"

[Motown Eddie]

From SoulTracks.com:

Soul Music legend Candi Staton, who turns 85 years old in March, returns to her down-home Alabama roots on her forthcoming 32nd album, Back to My Roots, [Beracah Records / New Day Distribution / The Orchard], which releases globally on February 14, 2025. The twelve-track Americana set features an array of Staton-penned originals and some well-chosen covers. Staton will receive the Americana Music Association UK’s highest honour, the International Lifetime Achievement Award, at the UK Americana Music Awards January 23rd.

Tracklist:
I Missed the Target Again [Candi Staton]
It’s Gonna Rain [PD/ Candi Staton arranger]
Hang on in There [Candi Staton]
Shine A Light [Mick Jagger, Keith Richards]
Lord Will Make a Way Somehow [Thomas Dorsey]
God’s Gonna Use Me Anyway [Candi Staton]
There Will Be Peace in the Valley [Thomas Dorsey]
1963 [Candi Staton]
Reach Down and Touch Heaven for Me [Candi Staton]
Love Breakthrough [Candi Staton]
My God Has a Telephone [featuring William Bell] [Aaron Frazer, Micah Blaichman, Wyndham Baird]
In God’s Hands We Rest Untroubled [Lari White, Jimmy Stewart, Marion Cannon]

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Music legend Candi Staton to release final album - SoulTracks

[reese]

Great news. Thanks for sharing.

[Motown Eddie]

Hear the first single from Candi Staton's Back To My Roots LP, "Love Breakthrough".