24th Feb 2009, Sheperd's Bush Empire London

There are southern soul voices and there are southern soul voices. Raw and ravaged, Candi Staton’s is one of the signature sounds of the genre. It’s a voice with a tear in it, the cry of a woman wounded by life, by men, by woes turned inwards.

On her new album for Honest Jon’s, it’s also the voice of a gospel singer returning to the music that first made her name: the country soul songs presented by the same label on its 2004 compilation Candi Staton, twenty-six tracks of Muscle Shoals magic.

Candi Staton's voice can shift effortlessly from taking a bluesy leaf out of Aretha’s ‘Chain of Fools’ on ‘I’m Just a Prisoner’, to country staples such as ‘Stand By Your Man’ and ‘He Called Me Baby’, and the soulful anthem ‘Young Hearts Run Free’.

Don’t miss your chance to see the spectacular Candi Staton live in concert.

For tickets contact the Smooth ticket line: 0844 888 9 222