Odetta

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Review by Andria Lisle, Living Blues, November 2001
IN 1949, THE year that Leadbelly died, Odetta made her first appearance on stage in a Los Angeles production of Finians Rainbow. ...
Odetta: Gonna Let It Shine – A Concert for the Holidays
Press Release by Bill Wasserzieher, M.C. Records, 2005
"If only one could be sure that every 50 years a voice and a soul like Odetta's would come along, the centuries would pass so ...
Ian Dove Gives a Big NME Welcome to Ellington and Odetta
Profile by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 11 January 1963
COME SLUMP or boom, war or peace, fad or fashion, Duke Ellington has gone on leading a big band. For 37 years, to be precise! ...
Profile by Jude Rogers, The Observer, 4 December 2008
She inspired Dylan, was pals with Ella, and was due to play at Obama's inauguration: Jude Rogers on Odetta Holmes. ...
Profile by Michael Gray, Rock's Backpages, December 2010
N.B. This profile is an updated version based on Odetta's entry in The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia ...
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