Grammy-winning gospel and soul singer Mavis Staples will perform with her band at Christ Episcopal Church, in the main sanctuary, on Friday, October 11, at 7:30 p.m.

From the 1950s through the 1970s, as a member of her family’s band, the Staple Singers, led by her father Pops Staples, Mavis recorded songs that became chart-topping hits and anthems for the civil rights movement, including “People Get Ready,” “Respect Yourself,” and Pops’ composition “Why Am I Treated So Bad,” inspired by the Little Rock Nine’s integration struggle at Central High.

Mavis has also enjoyed a long, highly praised career as a solo artist, eventually earning a Grammy for her 2010 album You Are Not Alone, produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy. Her most recent album, also produced by Tweedy, is One True Vine, released in 2013. Rolling Stone wrote about it, “One True Vine shows there isn’t much the ex-Staple Singer can’t make gorgeous and lived-in” and has also called her “the most underrated diva of the century. She has an almost superhuman ability to implant the pure power of passion and emotion.”

Prices are $35 for general admission pew seats and $20 for standing room to the side of the stage in the transepts.