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Odetta

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Odetta: Lookin’ For A Home

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 Finian’s 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! ...

Odetta: Grit, Guts and Glory

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. ...

When Odetta opens her eyes...

Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 12 January 1963

IT IS TO SAY "THANK YOU" FOR ALL THAT APPLAUSE ...

Odetta: 1930 — 2008

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 ...

Odetta: Hunter College, New York NY

Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 23 April 1966

ODETTA, THE folk singer, was in excellent voice last night for her recital at Hunter College. The singer-guitarist drew an audience of about 800 persons. ...

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