Bettye LaVette | MP3s, Streams, and Tour Dates

"A star in Britain, ignored at home, real-life R&B singer Bettye LaVette is another in the long line of neglected American soul greats now enjoying the spotlight on her own turf." [DetNews]

HUEY LEWIS & BETTYE LAVETTE

The 2005 Plug Independent Music Awards Nominees (VOTE)
for "Female Artist of the Year" are...
* Annie
* Bettye LaVette
* CocoRosie
* Emiliana Torrini
* Hanne Hukkelberg
* Lady Sovereign
* Laura Cantrell
* Neko Case
* Princess Superstar
* Scout Niblett
* Sharon Jones
* Vashti Bunyan

"'You've got a singer here who is willing to stretch and not content to live in the safety zone. Bettye Lavette's voice is the superb line that connects Lucinda Williams' 'Joy' to Dolly Parton's 'Little Sparrow' via numbers by Sinead O'Connor and Joan Armatrading. Those songs never sounded better and neither has one of R&B greatest under-acknowledged vocalists'" [Elvis Costello]

(read more about the Elvis Costello - Bettye Lavatte - Allen Toussaint connection)

LISTEN TO "The Return of Bettye Lavette" and Betty's cover of Fiona Apple's Sleep To Dream at NPR

DOWNLOAD BETTYE (MP3s)
Let me Down Easy (classic track)
You'll Never Change (classic track)

Bettye is playing Knitting Factory in NYC this Sunday night (12/4/05). Tickets are still on sale. All dates below...