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	Odetta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Odetta’s trademarks have been her "commanding presence" and her "large and significant voice that can swell with majesty." She remains in full possession of these qualities now, as she approaches her fiftieth year of performing.
		When Odetta launches into her unique combination of songs from both white and fl musical traditions, her voice and guitar are intensely dynamic, often speeding up and then suddenly slowing down, moving from soaring high tones and then dipping into a deep, gritty scrape.
		Odetta’s earliest recordings have recently been reissued on CD (Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues, recorded in 1956, and Odetta at the Gate of Horn, recorded in 1957, were released on CD in 1996 and 1997, respectively, on the Tradition Records label).
	www.radiancemagazine.com /issues/1999/odetta.html (3129 words)

	Odetta: Absolutely the Best - PopMatters Music Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Odetta is such a unique artist and human being, in a country and an era that prizes individualism, I am sometimes afraid she is one of a kind.
		Odetta couldn't so she went to Alabama and joined the march to Selma to protest the bombing of fl churches and killing of children.
		Odetta sings each one in a personal way, as if every song reminds her of someone or revives a memory about the person she learned it from.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/o/odetta-absolutely.shtml (1111 words)

	Encyclopedia: Odetta
		Odetta is one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century.
		Odetta has recorded 27 albums and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Arts in 1999.
		Odetta was born Odetta Gordon, December 31, 1930, in Birmingham, Alabama.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Odetta (965 words)

	A role for Odetta by Seth Rogovoy
		Odetta will undoubtedly address some of these areas with the "living mode" of folk music when she performs at the Clark Art Institute tonight at 8.
		Odetta's first significant stage experience came as a member of the chorus in a road company version of "Finian's Rainbow." While performing the show in San Francisco in 1949, she soaked in the folk music she heard in clubs and coffeehouses, and within a few years turned pro as a folkie in that city.
		Odetta brings the same level of empathy and emotional commitment to individual songs that she brings to her acting roles.
	www.berkshireweb.com /rogovoy/interviews/odetta.html (779 words)

	Odetta: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Odetta [+] was born on New Year's Eve, 1930, in Birmingham, Alabama.
		Odetta [+]'s mother began saving money to pay for voice lessons for her, but was advised to wait until her daughter was 13 years old and well into puberty.
		Odetta [+]'s most productive decade as a recording artist came in the 1960s, when she released 16 albums, including Odetta at Carnegie Hall [+], Christmas Spirituals [+], Odetta and the Blues, It's a Mighty World and Odetta Sings Dylan [+].
	www.music.com /person/odetta/1 (602 words)

	2003 Visionary in Residence: Odetta
		Odetta's visit was sponsored by the Center for Women and Gender, in partnership with the Tucker Foundation.
		Odetta was unquestionably one of the brightest stars of the folk music renaissance of the early 1960s, which also saw the first of many world tours for her.
		And Odetta is also an activist -- she took part in the march on Selma and she sang for the masses at the 1963 March on Washington.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~cwg/archives/03visionary.html (583 words)

	Odetta
		Odetta took the stage, singing across the audience of fourteen thousand people as if she, and everyone else, had been waiting for this moment.
		But then there was Odetta, standing on a small platform at the front of the audience, her voice reshaping the spaces of the Cathedral, transporting us to a different place.
		Odetta is known for her wide ranging response to African American traditions, but she has not given us as many blues as she has work songs and spirituals.
	www.fatea-records.co.uk /CAMBRID/cam00/odetta.htm (1505 words)

	VH1.com : Odetta : Biography
		Odetta's mother began saving money to pay for voice lessons for her, but was advised to wait until her daughter was 13 years old and well into puberty.
		From this time forward, Odetta worked to expand her repertoire and make full use of what she has always termed her "instrument." When she began singing, she was considered a coloratura soprano.
		Odetta's most productive decade as a recording artist came in the 1960s, when she released 16 albums, including Odetta at Carnegie Hall, Christmas Spirituals, Odetta and the Blues, It's a Mighty World and Odetta Sings Dylan.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/odetta/bio.jhtml (526 words)

	arborweb reviews - review: Odetta
		But although Odetta and Larry was a great record and I learned every word of every song, the coolest thing about it was that it was red.
		And so the butterflies were appropriate as the lights darkened and Odetta made her way up the aisle to the stage.
		Odetta appears at the Ark in a double bill with Arlo Guthrie Wednesday and Thursday, March 26 and 27.
	www.arborweb.com /reviews/0303.odetta-review.html (471 words)

	Concerted Efforts - Odetta
		Odetta's version of Leadbelly's "Midnight Special," done originally on her early live album Gate of Horn nearly 50 years ago, is revisited on the new Gonna Let It Shine.
		Odetta was born on New Year's Eve in 1930 as America entered the second year of the Great Depression, segregation and disfranchisement remained in place, and the droughts of the Dust Bowl forced poor families off the land.
		Odetta found her way into the folk music scene in the early 1950s, singing at the famed Hungry i and the Tin Angel in San Francisco and the Blue Angel in New York City, where her appearances caused Pete Seeger and Harry Belafonte to become champions of her remarkable talent.
	www.concertedefforts.com /artists_odet.asp (970 words)

	Any Lyrics - Odetta Lyrics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Odetta Gordon was born on Dec 31, 1930 in Birmingham, Alabama.
		She was the first African-American political folk singer and influenced many other folkie-come-lately musicians of that era.
		In her post adolescence, Odetta switched from classical voice training to folk by teaching herself how to play the guitar.
	www.anylyrics.com /songs.php?Artist=Odetta (109 words)

	Artsandentertainment: Odetta infuses the blues with passion, joy
		But her fans -- and nearly 900 were at the sold-out show -- know that Odetta long ago dipped into the blues and has recently returned, lending her impeccable interpretations to classic songs.
		Odetta has always been a fighter for the human spirit, social change and personal dignity.
		Odetta began by joining singer and Gulfport resident Pamela Clark-King on a duet of Dolphins by Fred Neil, the famed folksinger and St. Petersburg resident who died this month.
	www.sptimes.com /News/072501/Artsandentertainment/Odetta_infuses_the_bl.shtml (476 words)

	Odetta presented by Marko Polo
		ODETTA explored expanding fields of song, and showed a great depth of feeling whether she sang Negro work songs, the blues, jazz, spirituals, white Appalachian songs or English folk songs--always masterfully accompanied by her own unique guitar style.
		ODETTA launched the `90s with her German album release, "ODETTA: Women In (E) Motion," and followed it up with appearances on the continent's major TV variety and talk shows and a European tour, including a performance at The Festival for The World Cup (Soccer) Finals in Italy.
		Born poor, and disen- franchised by her government in America's racially segregated society, ODETTA was prevented from pursuing her original dream of being a classical singer in the 1940s, only because of the color of her skin.
	www.btinternet.com /~markringwood/odetta.htm (2422 words)

	CONNECT - Odetta
		Odetta was born on New Year's Eve, 1930, in Birmingham, Alabama.
		She showed a keen interest in music from the time she was a child, and when she was about 10 years old, somewhere between church and school, her singing voice was discovered.
		Odetta's mother began saving money to pay for voice lessons for her, but was advised to wait until her daughter...
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	CanEHdian.com: Odetta
		Odetta's history is anchored in the integrity of a traditional folk musician yet lends itself across genres to experience blues, spirituals, prison work songs, ballads and freedom songs.
		Odetta developed a unique sound of unmatched fullness to accompany her voice, now known as "the Odetta Strum".
		Odetta: Absolutely the Best is exactly that, a taste of the best of Odetta as she is across genres and through the times.
	www.canehdian.com /non/artists/o/odetta/absolutelythebest.html (288 words)

	In hearing Odetta, you hear history: 1/ 29/ 2004
		Odetta, who's been performing for nearly a half-century and still is recording, brings her brand of folk and blues to the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River tomorrow.
		Odetta, whose professional career began some half-century ago with an appearance at San Francisco's Hungry i, stands at the hub of a musical wheel whose spokes reach out to the likes of Pete Seeger, Tracy Chapman, Joan Baez, and Judy Collins.
		Odetta took part in the civil rights march in Selma, Ala., and sang for the thousands gathered for the 1963 march in Washington, D.C. She was among the first artists to be honored by Yale University with the Duke Ellington Award, and in 1994 was named an "Elder" at the International Women's Conference in Beijing.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/01-04/01-29-04/c03co274.htm (597 words)

	Colby-Sawyer College to Host Musical Performance by Odetta
		Odetta's most recent album, “Lookin' for a Home,” is a tribute to the music and life of Leadbelly and has received two 2002 W.C. Handy Award nominations for best traditional blues album and for the best album by a female blues artist.
		Odetta was appointed an “elder” to the 1994 International Women's Conference in Beijing and was awarded the National Medal for Arts and Humanities in 1999 by President Bill Clinton.
		Odetta's favorite audiences are college students ("TV babies and rock concert devotees,” she calls them) because she feels that their “listening muscle” needs development.
	www.colby-sawyer.edu /news/archive/pr186.html (580 words)

	Briarpatch Magazine: Odetta: the mother goddess of folk and blues shines her ever-lovin' light on regina fans - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Odetta was born poor in Birmingham, Alabama and due to her colour was prevented by a racist society from pursuing her original dream of becoming a classical singer.
		Odetta has performed hundreds of benefit concerts for the civil rights movement, for the impoverished, for children and for any people oppressed because of their race, sex, religion or age.
		When he died in 1949, Odetta was just making her show-business debut and has taken up where he left off, expressing a strong love and respect for old traditional songs.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0JQV/is_7_31/ai_91487320 (1015 words)

	Odetta Clarke, Realtor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As long as she can remember, Odetta has had an interest in real estate and thus decided to pursue it as a profession after an illustrious career as a network correspondent.
		Odetta is also a past Board Member of the Fairfield Historical Society and has worked extensively as a fundraiser for several local charities including the Discovery Museum for Children and the “Near and Far Aid” organization.
		Odetta graduated from Howard University in Washington DC and has also attended the University of Oslo in Norway.
	www.221sold.com /odetta_clarke.htm (216 words)

	Odetta
		Odetta opens with the gospel standard “ I’m Gonna’ Let It Shine.” She has us all sing along with her in the traditional answer / response song form.
		The next tune is from Leadbelly, “Roberta.” Odetta pays deep respect to Leadbelly and he is obviously one of her mentors.
		Odetta showcases her superior vocal talent with strong, soothing and elegant high falsetto notes, complimented with well-timed vibrato.
	www.bboogie.com /Odetta_Review.htm (1122 words)

	Odetta Interview
		Odetta celebrated her 50th year in Show Business with the release of "Blues Everywhere I Go," the 27th solo album of her career.
		ODETTA: Because Mark Carpentieri at MC records came to us and he was interested in doing a blues record and that was right up my alley.
		ODETTA: I did meet her, but it was like she was a teacher, and I never did sit and talk with teachers.
	www.mnblues.com /review/2002/odetta-intv-dm.html (2156 words)

	Folk Icon Odetta to Perform at Library of Congress on Nov. 13
		Odetta is one of the most influential folk artists of the past 50 years and has been performing for six decades.
		Born in Birmingham, Ala., in 1930, Odetta moved to Los Angeles when she was 6 years old and began classical music training at the age of 13.
		In recent years Odetta was invited as an “Elder” to the International Women’s Conference in Beijing, China; received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Folk Music Association; and in 1999 was awarded the National Medal of the Arts and Humanities by President Clinton.
	www.loc.gov /today/pr/2003/03-178.html (558 words)

	BLUES UP Rev Rabia the blues woman CD reviews of Oaktown Jazz Workshop, Odetta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At 19 Odetta landed a role in the Los Angeles production of Finian's Rainbow, which was staged in the summer at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles (there she first heard the blues harmonica master Sonny Terry).
		Odetta was unforgettable in the days during the folk music boom (in Berkeley in the late 1950's with Ramblin' Jack Elliott), before electric guitars drowned out the acoustic strum.
		Odetta was also the idol for young Joan Baez when she began her career in Cambridge folk clubs.
	www.bluesup.com /CDreviewsO.html (922 words)

	Odetta Music Web Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Odetta: Singer of Ballads and Blues - Blues, Folk and Gospel singer and guitarist with a distinguished fifty year long career.
		Odetta at Vanguard Records - The page on this record label site offers biographical information, a discography, liner notes, tour dates and sound samples.
		Odetta "One of the good things about low self-esteem is never having rain hit you in the face." (John A. Simone Jr.) I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top.
	searchmusicnetwork.com /Styles_Blues_Bands_and_Artists_O_Odetta.html (1775 words)

	UH - News Releases - FOLK LEGEND ODETTA BRINGS SONGS, STORIES TO UH
		Odetta will discuss her music and role during the Civil Rights movement during an invitation-only dinner with Houston educators at 5:30 p.m.
		In addition to her status as a folk icon, Odetta is known for her work as an activist promoting civil and women’s rights.
		Odetta’s appearance on campus is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education Teaching American History Grant Partners including UH’s College of Education and Department of History, Houston Independent School District, Region IV Education Service Center and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
	www.uh.edu /admin/media/nr/2005/02feb/020405odetta.html (349 words)

	NPR : Odetta, Still a Powerful Voice for Justice
		Odetta has performed folk and blues music, musical theater, opera, and acted in films.
		Later, Odetta marched with Dr. Martin Luther King and lent her prodigious voice to the American civil rights and social justice movement.
		Odetta speaks with Steve Inskeep and shares some tunes that showcase the passion that have marked her career.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5074594 (402 words)

	Odetta CD Review
		Odetta's first studio recording for 14 years shows that she's still in fine voice even after 50 years in show business.
		It is a testament to the successful marriage of Odetta's singing with the sympathetic accompaniment of the band that the album sounds so coherent, especially given the diversity of material they cover.
		Odetta's vocals sounds a bit too operatic in places, starkly contrasting with Dr. John's laid back delivery, and detracting from the song's overall feel.
	www.mnblues.com /cdreview/odetta-gb.html (524 words)

	Odetta: Blues Everywhere I Go \| PopMatters Music Review
		Odetta is one of those older blues women who get a ridiculous amount of press over their concert events or albums, and come through with a slightly less than mind numbing performance.
		It would be easy to just say her voice was soulful or distinguished, but the truth of the matter is, listening to Odetta's voice is about as exciting as listening to paint dry.
		She offers an interesting look into the roots of the female blues vocals, but the arrangements she chooses to use on this album are so standardized that the SAT board should consider calling arranger Seth Farber for advice.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/o/odetta-blues.shtml (513 words)

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