Odetta Sings!

A blues legend shines on Austin

"...This Saturday, Odetta will perform a special benefit concert at the St...."

June 5, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Gonna Let It Shine

Odetta in Austin

"...To see Odetta perform is to witness a woman possessed by song,..."

June 10, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Critics Poll

"...FAWCETT Odetta, Isaac Hayes, Alton Ellis..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Music Feature

Rhiannon Giddens Reanimates Black Feminism

Antebellum bandleader untangles African-American music history

"...enthusiast, 39, let her pipes loose on the burly, Odetta-penned “Waterboy.” Like the source, the song – as rendered..."

April 26, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Double-Barrel Beautiful

Texan sweetheart of the 1960s folk rodeo, Carolyn Hester

"...and queen of folk, Pete Seeger and the late Odetta...."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Music Recommended

Kut Fall Fundraiser

"...Glasse among many others. Whoo-wee, pass the likker jar. ODETTA Waterloo Ice House 38th, Saturday 7 First, the nouns:..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Music Feature

Nanci Griffith Songs Come Alive at the Cactus Cafe

The annual tribute show celebrates more than just her music

"...John Prine, Arlo Guthrie, and Carolyn Hester. Guided by Odetta, she invited a whole crew into the studio for..."

July 9, 2024 Music Post by Amber Williams

The Ramblin' Soul of Songwriter Melissa Carper

Following the critically acclaimed Daddy's Country Gold, the spotlight-averse artist is primed for broader attention

"...a Day Goes By" and the stunning take on Odetta's "Hit or Miss" that swaggers behind a Bobbie Gentry..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Out There in the Fresh Air With Utopia, Old Settler's, and Kerrville Folk Festival

Fall fests coax us from the metropolis

"...Clark had graced the stage, along with legends like Odetta and Mike Seeger. After about five years of working..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW’s Fifth Artist List

Todd Rundgren, Starcrawler and 110 more

"...Neil Frances (Los Angeles, Calif.) Ness Nite (Minneapolis, MN.) Odetta Hartman (Washington, D.C.) Ohmme (Chicago, IL.) Oh, Rose (Olympia,..."

Jan. 25, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Americana 12-Pack

"...Odetta HartmanThu. 16, Blackheart, 8pm New York songwriter's 2015 debut..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Music List No. 7

Pussy Riot Theatre, Kano, Bilal, and 137 more

"...Odetta Hartman (New York, NY.)..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW List No. 7

Music fest drafts Dion, Børns, Sun Kil Moon, Faust and 143 more

"...Odetta Hartman (Brooklyn, NY.)..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ACL Review: Rhiannon Giddens

All hail an essential new emissary of American music

"...T Bone Burnett-produced LP, Tomorrow Is My Turn, Giddens’ Odetta-channeling take on traditional “Waterboy” provided the showstopper. Jenkins took..."

Oct. 3, 2015 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Where Did All Those Kids Go?

From summer 1968 to ‘One Night with Janis Joplin’ in 2013

"...soul. Blues greats like Bessie Smith, Big Mama Thornton, Odetta, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, and even Otis Redding all..."

July 31, 2013 Music Post by Charles Beard

SXSW 2013 Film Reviews: 'Pete and Toshi Get a Camera'

Home movies gain a global significance

"...pass the time filming his family and friends – Odetta, Sonny Terry, and Big Bill Broonzy among them. But..."

March 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Off the Record

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Kerrville Folk Festival one year at a time

"...1984: Javier Cortez hosts second Fajita Thursday event. Odetta performs, along with Carolyn Hester and Townes Van Zandt...."

May 27, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Blood on the Tracks

The ballad of Griff Luneburg and Cactus Cafe

"...Odetta..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Girlie Action Top 10

Make that 20 ... er, 22

"...RIP: Yma Sumac, Odetta, Miriam Makeba..."

Jan. 5, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Odetta

Gift guide

"...Odetta..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

People Get Ready

Excerpt from Kevin Phinney's 'Souled American'

"...featured Mahalia Jackson, Peter, Paul, and Mary, black folksinger Odetta ("the only person," in the words of one observer,..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Music Feature by Kevin Phinney

Pinetop Perkins

"...out. Just listen to Deborah Coleman's smokin' "Meanest Woman," Odetta's sultry "Trouble in Mind," Madeleine Peyroux's jazzy "He's Got..."

April 22, 2005 Music Review by Margaret Moser

James Cotton

Texas platters

"...shouters. Cotton teams up with Dave Alvin, Marcia Ball, Odetta, Doc Watson, Jim Lauderdale, Peter Rowan, C.J. Chenier, Rory..."

June 18, 2004 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Girlie Action

Texas Platter

"...organ. The guitar-playing gospel singer influenced female acts from Odetta and Sweet Honey in the Rock, to Phoebe Snow..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Say It Loud! A Celebration of Black Music in America

Box Sets

"...though African-Americans' struggles are laid bare equally effectively via Odetta's "Cotton Fields," Richie Havens' "The Klan," Gil Scott-Heron's "The..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...as Leadbelly, Josh White, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, and Odetta to kneel down and smooch his affluent, lily-white crap..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Column

Born on Highway 61

Famed superharpist James Cotton settles into Austin.

"...on Verve. Vanguard's roster included Buffy St. Marie and Odetta, while Verve had been home to John Coltrane and..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Hundred's Not Enough

One Word Is Too Many...

"...its title, names like Snooky Pryor, Junior Wells, and Odetta make way for Kim Wilson, Sue Foley, and Dave..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Janis Joplin, Texas, and the Big Beat

How East Texas Shaped Rock's First Female Superstar

"...in Texas. Jazzmeisters like Dave Brubeck and folksingers like Odetta were cultivated by her circle of friends, who likewise..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

"...of acts from Velvet Hammer to Meg Hentges to Odetta. Call BookWoman for information - they won't tell me..."

Sept. 29, 1995 Music Column