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Apr 30, 2010 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Friday)

Where

Somerville Theatre (map)

55 Davis Square
Somerville, MA 02144
What
“Classic soul singing doesn’t get any better.” —New York Times One of the greatest soul singers in America today, Bettye LaVette doesn’t just sing, she smolders, she testifies. With...
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“Classic soul singing doesn’t get any better.” —New York Times

One of the greatest soul singers in America today, Bettye LaVette doesn’t just sing, she smolders, she testifies. With a nearly five-decade career that has truly come full circle, LaVette has finally gotten the recognition she deserves with a W. C. Handy Award, a Grammy nomination and high-profile appearances, including the Kennedy Center Honors show and President Obama’s inaugural celebration.
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Payment required. $28
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Bettye Lavette
“There are dozens of really top-drawer female Soul singers in what is a highly competitive field, but few can match the flawless totality of conveyed experience that Bettye LaVette never fails to achieve. She is the consummate artist who can relate on every level. Take Bettye LaVette away from Soul music’s history and there is a gap which no other person I can think of could have filled”. - Dave Godin, the late, esteemed English soul music writer and historian. "You've got a singer here who is willing to stretch and not content to live in the safety zone. Bettye Lavette's voice is the superb line that connects Lucinda Williams' &qu...

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