Eric on The Road

Journeys into the offbeat, off the beaten path, overlooked and forgotten - by Eric Model

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Passing: Odetta (NY Times)

From The New York Times:

By TIM WEINER
Published: December 3, 2008

The singer, whose deep voice wove together the strongest songs of American folk music and the civil rights movement, died on December 2 . She was 77.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/arts/music/03odetta.html?hp

An extended interview with the singer, whose renditions of spirituals and blues were part of the soundtrack of the 1960s.

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/arts/20081203_odetta.html?hp

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