The juice
G. Love
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Reviews (3)
Popmatters
d. 25. Aug. 2020
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Steve Horowitz
d. 25. Aug. 2020
"Bettye LaVette offers jazzy interpretations of past classics on Blackbirds ... Bettye LaVette has many talents. During her 50-plus year career, she's been celebrated as a soul, rock, R&B, Americana, funk, gospel, and country music singer, as a songwriter and an interpreter of other people's work, and recently was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Her latest album, Blackbirds, on the Verve label, is mostly a jazz record".
AllMusic
2020
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Mark Deming
2020
"Blackbirds is proof that she's not resting on her reputation, and hearing her explore the architecture of a great song is a rare treat to be valued".
Living blues
2020 July
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Robert H. Cataliotti
2020 July
" ... she stands on an artistic peak and maintains her stunning creative momentum with Blackbirds ... This latest release (...) is conceived as a dialogue with some of the great African American female singers of the 1950s ... In addition to the thematic unity, the nine tracks that make up Blackbirds feature a distinctive bluesy sound and intimate ambience thanks to the support of a first-rate quartet ... Blackbirds is a triumpnat celebration of Bettye LaVette's achievement and the women who paved the way for her to arrive".