Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Bettye LaVette at Clearwater Fest 2014 (more by Chris La Putt) Soul singer Bettye LaVette has been touring for most of 2015, promoting her album Worthy, which was released earlier this year. She premiered selections from Worthy during her... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Bettye LaVette at Clearwater Fest 2014 (more by Chris La Putt) Like Debbie Harry will do in March, soul veteran Bettye LaVette will kick off a residency at NYC's Cafe Carlyle tonight (1/28) which runs through February 7. (It... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Ploughshares recommended new literary magazines. Stream Bettye LaVette's cover of Bob Dylan's "Unforgettable," from her new album Worthy. 48 online "best books of 2014" lists were added to the master aggregation at Largehearted Boy Wednesday (bringin... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Betty LaVette has been a powerful force in soul music for over fifty years since her 1962 debut recording which was cut when she was 15 years old. Betty was born in the small town of Muskegon, MI, and grew up in Detroit, which is where she was discov... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt Lucinda Williams / Bettye LaVette @ Clearwater Fest 6/22/2014 Seeger began hosting "folk picnics" in the 1960s to pay for building a boat that would travel on the Hudson to highlight environmental issues. Seeger and... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Joe Henry’s name has cropped up as a producer on so many other artists’ recordings in recent years -- Bonnie Raitt, Hugh Laurie, Rodney Crowell, Bettye LaVette, Solomon Burke, Billy Bragg, Aaron Neville, Mose Allison, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Elv... more info

Mercury News, California — Dr. John, Aaron Neville, Billy Boy Arnold, Bettye LaVette, Willie Clayton among the acts set to appear at Windy City festival. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We're only days away from the 50th anniversary of the day The Beatles set foot in America, and as you may know that means tons of events, many of which are right here in NYC. Since we last spoke,... more info

Mercury News, California — From Steve Martin to Natalie Maines, and Gogol Bordello to Bettye LaVette, here are the acts that you need to catch at the 13th annual festival. more info

Monsters and Critics — If you don't know singer Bettye LaVette, you're sad bastard. more info