Bettye LaVette | Meltdown review

Purcell Room, London"If you wanna play the blues, you gotta pay some dues, cause it ain't coming easy," sings Bettye LaVette during her second Meltdown performance of the evening. You can say that again. The Detroit-raised soul singer, now 64, has had a tough old time of it since cutting her first record aged 16, with the crossover success enjoyed by many of her peers proving elusive.Dressed all in black and accompanied by piano, guitar, bass and drums, her moment has finally arrived and she's g...

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