Candi Staton interviewed at the UK Americana Awards 2025 on Thursday 23 January at Hackney Church, London. The legendary soul icon collected the AMA-UK Board’s highest accolade, an International ...

Kicking off a new weekly series, where readers pose questions for film and music stars, is the 81-year-old queen of soul and disco heartbreak We are launching a new weekly Guardian feature called The ...

Candi Staton has revealed what she thinks of famous cover versions of her tracks, revealing that she’d love to perform ‘You Got The Love’ with Florence And The Machine. The track became a huge hit for ...

Ed Gordon talks with gospel and soul singer Candi Staton about her music career, and overcoming alcohol and domestic abuse. She has a new album, His Hands. Early in the program, we talked about black ...

What are your memories of the disco era? The fondest memory I have is hanging out at Studio 54 with friends, coming home at 4am, sleeping all day and starting again. You had to look beautiful, 54 was ...

Early in the program, we talked about black American struggles with alcohol abuse. One woman who knows that fight all too well is singer Candi Staton. She struggled with alcoholism throughout her ...