If All I Was Was Black, released this week, marks Mavis Staples’s third album-length collaboration with Jeff Tweedy, and its new single—the first to prominently feature Tweedy—is a wonderful showcase of their chemistry. In the face of a tumultuous country beset by racial strife and political division, Staples and Tweedy are fighting back the only way they know how: not with anger or anxiety, but with love and togetherness. “Ain’t No Doubt About It” is a heartwarming duet, with the pair trading verses about the power of friendship to push away worries.
The Fat Angel Sings 