In 1937, Odetta Felious Holmes moved from Birmingham, Alabama, to Los Angeles. Only six, she was already bigger than the other kids when she arrived in East Hollywood with her mother, Flora, and her ...

We all know the story of Bob Dylan going electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival: the boos, the cheers, Pete Seeger overheard backstage wishing that he had an axe to chop through the microphone ...

Legendary blues and folk singer Odetta is marking her 75th birthday with a live performance CD called Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays. She tells Tony Cox about the collection of ...

Folk-music legend Odetta died Tuesday at the age of 77. In this 2005 interview, she discusses her long and diverse career. Odetta Holmes Felious Gordon has shaped American folk music for more than 50 ...

Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century, has died. She was 77. By The Associated Press NEW YORK — Odetta, the folk singer ...

“If I had to pick one person responsible for the establishment of the Newport Folk Festival in 1959,” said the festival founder George Weing, “it would be Odetta.” After hearing her album Odetta Sings ...

Last month, the finished “Blackeyed Susan” boxes began arriving at Urban Cannibals, the East Atlanta bodega Roberts runs with her wife and chef Calavino Donati, on the 48th anniversary of the biggest ...

Odetta, the classically trained folk, blues and gospel singer who used her powerfully rich and dusky voice to champion African-American music and civil rights issues for more than half a century ...

That’s how Leonard Jaffee answers the phone. A simple “Hello” just doesn’t get it done for Jaffee, a resident of the Fort Collins area for 10 years and a chef for Colorado State University dining ...

Listen to more of Steve Inskeep's interview with Odetta. Folk-music legend Odetta died Tuesday at the age of 77. In this 2005 interview, she discusses her long and diverse career. Odetta Holmes ...

Odetta died Tuesday of heart disease at Lenox Hill Hospital, said her manager of 12 years, Doug Yeager. She was admitted to the hospital with kidney failure about three weeks ago, he said. In spite of ...

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