BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Soul singer and disco queen Candi Staton rose to top of the charts in the 70s with her hit song “Young Hearts Run Free,” but her musical career began at the age of ...

In an upstairs lounge at Hackney Picturehouse, Candi Staton is reflecting on the documentary that has just premiered on screen one. The American singer, a vivacious and very much active ...

That honor goes to Candi Staton, who recorded the song for Fame Records while it was still in the midst of its initial run on the charts in the '70s. Alas, for reasons which remain somewhat murky ...

Are you surprised to be categorised as Americana? CANDI STATON: Not really. I’ve been doing Americana music for 10 years or more. I didn’t know I was doing it, it’s just songs I like to sing.

A host of other award-winners will be revealed at the ceremony – taking place at London’s Hackney Church on January 23 – with Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Waxahatchee, Bonny Light ...

Candi Staton topped even that as she won a richly deserved Lifetime Achievement Award, having wrested uplifting art from a lifetime of bitter blues. “First, I want to thank you God that I’m ...

Of the evening’s Special Awards, legendary soul icon Candi Staton collected the AMA-UK Board’s highest accolade, an ...