Bettye LaVette
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Behind the scenes with Lelan Rogers
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 23 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, ...
Bettye Lavette: First Album Due After Ten Years…
Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 15 December 1972
BELIEVE IT or not, Bettye Lavette is celebrating her tenth year as a recording artist and yet it is only now that she really feels ...
Bettye LaVette: Underrated talent of out time
Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 16 March 1976
Soulful lady. 14 years experience, 23 singles and several gems to her credit, seeks opportunity to cut her first album. Apply to: Bettye Lavette ...
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 ...
Betty Lavette: On the Comeback Trail
Interview by Andria Lisle, Memphis Flyer, 28 September 2006
Soul singer Bettye LaVette on the path from obscurity to sensation. ...
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. ...
Bettye Lavette: Late Bloomer Gets Her Mojo On
Report and Interview by Bud Scoppa, Paste, 31 October 2007
AFTER ATLANTIC RECORDS shelved what singer Bettye LaVette had hoped would be her breakthrough album in 1972 — an album recorded in soul-music hotbed Muscle ...
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: Thankful N' Thoughtful
Review by Holly Gleason, Paste, 25 September 2012
BETTYE LAVETTE'S VOICE, sanded raw and consumed by emotion, is a powerful witness: strong, down and above all, real. Those attributes infuse Thankful N' Thoughtful ...
Betty LaVette: Thankful N' Thoughtful
Review by Lloyd Bradley, bbc.co.uk, 1 October 2012
Possibly the best set of songs she's ever recorded. ...
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. ...
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