Blackbirds (LP)

 
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Bettye Lavette
Blackbirds (LP)

[ Universal Music / LP ]

Release Date: Friday 28 August 2020

This item is only available to us via Special Order. We should be able to get it to you in 3 - 6 weeks from when you order it.

Five-time Grammy-nominee and Blues Hall of Fame inductee Bettye LaVette releases a new album, "Blackbirds," produced by Steve Jordan, on Verve Records. It features songs primarily popularized by women who were the "bridge she came across on." These women helped to set the stage for Bettye and her contemporaries. Set for a May 8th release, 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," Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit," Nancy Wilson's "Save Your Love For Me" and more, they are all delivered in LaVette's rich and raspy tone and a touch of the blues.
Blackbirds takes Bettye back to her roots, honoring her 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

Tracks:

SIDE A
I Hold No Grudge
One More Song
Blues For The Weepers
Book Of Lies
Romance In The Dark

SIDE B
Drinking Again
Strange Fruit
Save Your Love For Me
Blackbird