*Sadly we must report that soul/gospel singer Candi Staton has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Staton, 78, received the news on the first day of rehearsals for her summer tour in support of her ...

"It is amazing," she says, beaming, of this late-in-life recognition that's brought her to London. "Years ago, when I was in my thirties, my forties, my fifties, people said: 'God is saving the best ...