Bettye LaVette
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Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, July 1971
LELAN ROGERS first sprang to prominence as the man who brought national success to Esther Phillips with 'Release Me'. In the decade that has passed, ...
Betty Lavette: First Album Due After Ten Years…
Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, December 1972
BELIEVE IT or not, Betty Lavette is celebrating her tenth year as a recording artist and yet it is only now that she really feels ...
Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, March 1976
ANY LIST of legendary 'deep soul' sisters would be totally incomplete without the name of a young lady from Detroit whose emotion-packed recordings have been ...
Interview by David Nathan, SoulMusic.com, 2005
THERE ARE any number of R&B songs we could use as a cliché for the title of this article on the super-soulful Ms. Bettye Lavette. ...
Betty LaVette: I've Got My Own Hell to Raise (Anti)
Review by Barney Hoskyns, The Observer, September 2005
PREVIOUSLY KNOWN only to fanatical followers of obscure deep soul, the legendary Ms LaVette belatedly comes in for a Joe Henry tune-up on this feisty, ...
Interview by Bud Scoppa, Paste, 10 January 2006
BEFORE PRODUCING Solomon Burke's modern-day soul landmark, Don't Give Up On Me, in 2002, Joe Henry was a modest-selling "critic's darling" with a reputation for ...
Bettye LaVette: Highline Ballroom, New York, NY
Live Review by Kandia Crazy Horse, Harp, 24 September 2007
WAKING UP every morning now with the Blues, so catching the divine Lady Bettye LaVette's recent Manhattan show at the Highline was a foregone conclusion. ...
One Difference Between Bettye LaVette and Susan Boyle
Profile and Interview by Steven R Rosen, Cincinnati CityBeat, 19 October 2011
BETTYE LAVETTE'S late-career success story is one of the music business' most remarkable. The powerful 65-year-old R&B singer/stylist first recorded in 1962 — 'My Man ...
Bettye LaVette: Jazz Café, London
Live Review by Nick Hasted, The Independent, 12 December 2012
"WE HAVE just finished the 8-year Who the Hell Is She? Tour," Bettye LaVette jokes, with a smile which could be the definition of rueful. ...
Bettye LaVette Takes Bob Dylan Where He's Never Been Before
Profile and Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Paste, 27 March 2018
On her new album, Things Have Changed, the great American soul singer reminds us just how fruitful reinvented songs can be in the right hands. ...
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