Description
Bettye LaVette – Blackbirds – New LP Record 2020 Verve USA Vinyl – Soul
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
6 02508 72584 5