It’s
simple really. Virtually anyone who has ever heard Betty LaVette sing
immediately grasps that she is in possession of one of the most singularly
unique voices in American music history. It is a voice that is capable of
levels of timbral nuance, pitch inflection and rhythmic phrasing that most
singers can only dream of. Informing that incredibly supple instrument is an
artistic sensibility that allows LaVette to get to the core of any song she
cares to sing, turning it inside out and back to front. The net result is that
she is capable of making songs, no matter how familiar, her own, affording her
audience the opportunity to hear material they have known for years as if for
the very first time.
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