Candi Staton, "It's Time to Be Free" (Beracah Records) Candi Staton blends gospel themes and messages of redemption and caution with dance music, funk and soul on "It's Time to Be Free," revisiting ...

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Staton has been a child gospel singer, a '70s Southern soul hit-maker and then a disco queen. She's just released her 27th album, Life Happens. Candi Staton: This Album Is 'An Anthology Of My Life' ...