Bettye Lavette

D'Angelo, The Roots, Elvis Costello, Bilal, Chris Rock, Bettye LaVette & more played the Prince tribute @ Carnegie Hall (pics)

Amidst a snowy midtown backdrop, Carnegie Hall generated a little heat when the Michael Dorf-produced Prince Tribute opened last night (3/7)…

Bettye LaVette played Joe's Pub (pics, setlist)

Soul legend Bettye LaVette, whose first single came out 50 years ago, came to NYC for two shows this past weekend, including one at City Winery on Friday (1/11) and another at Joe’s Pub on Saturday (1/12)…

Town Hall shows going on sale (Dr. John, Rodriguez, Billy Bragg, Bettye LaVette & more)

Dr. John at BAM in April (more by David Andrako) Dr. John and the Lower 911 are playing Town Hall on March 16 with Allen Toussaint. Tickets for that show go on sale at 10 AM…

Bettye LaVette on tour, playing Joe's Pub & City Winery (in NYC & Chicago) -- updated dates

Bettye LaVette at Highline Ballroom, May 2010 (more by Jacob Blickenstaff) Bettye LaVette, who is celebrating her 50th anniversary as a musician, is in the Midwest now and about to play two shows at the new City Winery Chicago, but after a stint across the pond, the soul singer will retire from the road for the year in middle December…

Bettye LaVette celebrating 50th anniversary w/ new album, book & tour, playing two nights at City Winery

Bettye LaVette @ Highline Ballroom in 2010 (NYC) (more by Jacob Blickenstaff) As seen on BrooklynVegan, Bettye LaVette is celebrating the 50th anniversary of her music career with a new LP, called Thankful N’ Thoughtful, due out on September 25 via Anti-, and an autobiography, A Woman Like Me, co-written due to hit stores on September 27 via Blue Rider Press/Penguin…

Bettye LaVette celebrating 50th anniversary w/ new book, album and tour (dates & videos)

Bettye LaVette at Highline Ballroom in 2010 (more by Jacob Blickenstaff) Bettye LaVette is celebrating the 50th anniversary of her music career this year with a new album, Thankful N’ Thoughtful, due out Septemnber 25 via Anti-, and an autobiography co-written with David Ritz (whose written biographies of Ray Charles, Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, and others) titled A Woman Like Me, due out September 27 via Blue Rider Press/Penguin…

Madison Square Park 2012 free show schedule (starts tonight)

Tift Merritt in Madison Square Park 2012 (more by Chris La Putt) The free 2012 Oval Lawn Series launches in NYC’s Madison Square Park (between 5th and Madison Ave and 23rd and 26th St…

Roots playing Okayplayer holiday party & Robert Johnson's birthday (but not whatever they want on Fallon anymore)

The Roots on the Intrepid (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) The Roots and “special surprise guests” will celebrate the holdays at their 5th Annual Okayplayer Holiday Jam, which goes down at Brooklyn Bowl on Thursday (12/15), followed by the usual Questlove DJ stint shortly thereafter…

Florida's Deluna Fest announces schedule

Speaking of shows the Shins are playing…”DeLuna Fest and Five Flags Tourism Group are excited to announce the performance schedule for this year’s music festival taking place on the gorgeous sugar-white sands of Pensacola Beach, FL, on October 14th, 15th, and 16th…

Neil Young tribute show coming, Bettye Lavette playing shows at Cafe Carlyle & elsewhere, Ben Ottewell will be at Merc

Bettye Lavette at Highline Ballroom (more by Jacob Blickenstaff ) A quick reminder that one of the greatest songwriters of all-time, Neil Young, will be celebrated at Carnegie Hall in two days (2/10) as part of a benefit for music & arts programs of underpriviledged youth…
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