Bettye LaVette - Blackbirds

Label: Verve - B0031725-01

Format: LP, Vinyl, Album

Country: USA

Released: 28 Aug 2020

Genre: Soul

Tracklist

1a.I  Hold No Grudge

2a. One More Song

3a. Blues For The Weepers

4a. Book Of Lies

5a. Romance In The Dark

1b. Drinking Again

2b. Strange Fruit

3b. Save Your Love For Me

4b. Blackbird

Notes
Blackbirds features songs primarily popularized by women who were the “bridge she came across on.” The album finds LaVette in top form with powerful renditions of songs that touched her personally. From Dinah Washington’s “Drinking Again,” Nina Simone’s “I Hold No Grudge” and more, they are all delivered in LaVette’s rich & raspy tone. Blackbirds honors LaVette’s heritage as an R&B singer and the women who came before her. LaVette A&R’d and sequenced the record herself – her first true curation.

Barcode
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