Richie Havens

Richie Havens: Fillmore East, New York NY

Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, November 1968

Richie Havens Puts Sincerity Into Songs, Guitar-Playing, Talk ...

Blind Faith, Richie Havens, Donovan, Edgar Broughton Band, The Third Ear Band: Hyde Park, London

Live Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, June 1969

Following Blind Faith to the shores of a lake ...

Bob Dylan, The Band: Isle of Wight Festival

Live Review by Miles, International Times, September 1969

VISITORS to the 2nd Isle of Wight Music Festival at Godshill near Ryde more than doubled the population of the Island, outnumbered the 130 local ...

Richie Havens: Philharmonic Hall, New York NY

Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, November 1969

RICHIE HAVENS, who has become one of the most important figures in folk music, performed at Philharmonic Hall last night. ...

Richie Havens, Peter, Paul & Mary, the Voices of East Harlem et al – Vietnam Moratorium Benefit, Madison Square Garden, New York NY

Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, January 1970

Garden Thronged for Songfest In Aid of Vietnam Moratorium ...

Richie Havens: Stonehenge (Stormy Forest)

Review by Ben Edmonds, Fusion, March 1970

THE SUBJECT OF Richie Havens is always sure to provoke an argument. Those who tend to dislike him do so with a great deal of ...

Richie Havens: On Stage

Review by Ben Edmonds, Rolling Stone, February 1973

The question of motion has developed into a trap of sorts since our entertainers became artists. Artists must continually grow and evolve, but invariably draw ...

Richie Havens: Mixed Bag II

Review by Charles Shaar Murray, NME, January 1975

ONE DAY WHEN it was raining, I swore a great and terrible oath. ...

Richie Havens: Middle Of The Dirt Road

Interview by Bruce Pollock, Guitar, Fall 1990

IT'S A VOICE you remember, possessing in its cavernous reaches the smoky essence of an age. ...

Richie Havens: The Eternal Flame of Woodstock

Retrospective and Interview by Paul Gabriel, DISCoveries, August 1994

THE YEAR 1969, in rock music, was the culmination of the era of the huge outdoor concert festival. ...

Richie Havens: Bottom Line, NYC

Live Review by Kandia Crazy Horse, PopMatters, August 2002

MOST OF MY generation ("X") peers - especially indie rock & dance music critics - and a wide swathe of bitter boomers relentlessly disparage veteran ...

Richie Havens: Jazz Café, London

Live Review by Nick Hasted, Independent, The, January 2004

RICHIE HAVENS'S LIFE hinged on Woodstock. His three-hour opening set at the festival, climaxing with 'Freedom', his anthemic improvisation on the spiritual 'Motherless Child', linked ...