So, Feedback unplugged and shipped out to Houston last Wednesday morning and returned late yesterday evening. (Perhaps you noticed some news to that effect—or a frothy-mouthed photo—during my absence.) More details tomorrow about what my luxurious, 70-plus degree Thanksgiving means for you, musically.
It feels proper, however, to stay mum for a night in honor of Odetta, the outsized voice of the blues who performed in Charlottesville several times (and cancelled one show for health reasons) and died on Tuesday at the age of 77.
Odetta’s music has a cumulative power, a relevance that proved itself time and again in its influence, emotional spectrum and social necessity. C-VILLE’s own Doug Nordfors caught Odetta’s performance at Gravity Lounge in January 2005 and marveled at her ability to inhabit traditional tunes with the same energy that she devoted to her own. Read his review here, then leave some love for Odetta below.
Odetta performs "House of the Rising Sun" in 2005