Bettye Lavette - Interpretations

[Kanada Kev]

Ever since being turned on to "Scene of the Crime" from 2007 with the DBT backing Bettye in the studio, i've been mesmerized by her voice and style. Had the enormous pleasure of seeing her perform at the Bathurst St. Music Hall last year too. WOW!!

Her new album is almost, finally out. Two tracks have been available for download, but now you can hear the whole thing at NPR. Damn, these are KILLER arrangements and takes on classic Brit Rock output that was rooted in American R&B and Rock.

Enjoy

[Kanada Kev]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126831077&ft=1&f=1039

May 16, 2010

Bettye LaVette came of age in Detroit, alongside peers such as Aretha Franklin and Smokey Robinson, but she never shared their superstardom. Instead, she languished in obscurity until this past decade, when LaVette began making up for lost time with a string of well-received records: I've Got My Own Hell to Raise, Scene of the Crime and others helped cement her status as a late-blooming belter with an eternal and authoritative voice.

LaVette's voice is so authoritative, in fact, that she's unafraid to reinvent songs that might have otherwise seemed untouchable. It's not that The Moody Blues' "Knights in White Satin," Elton John's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me," Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" and Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed" are so unimpeachable that they can't possibly be approached by other singers; it's that they're so often instantly familiar in earlier incarnations. They can't be covered credibly and made fresh by just anybody. But Bettye LaVette is exactly the sort of singer to pull it off, as she does on the new, self-explanatorily titled Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook. A fearless iconoclast, she does these and other songs justice by injecting them with her own warmly brash personality; by burrowing into them and really inhabiting them.

LaVette stopped by the NPR Music offices recently to perform a Tiny Desk Concert — it'll appear on this site soon — so we're not done reveling in the singer's ability to command a room and put her own stamp on a familiar song. But in the meantime, Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook is streaming here in its entirety until its release on May 25. Please leave your thoughts on the album in the comments section below.

Edited May 17, 2010 by Guest

[Kanada Kev]

And here it is:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/loy6kx

or

http://rapidshare.com/files/389995862/Bettye_Lavette_-_Interpretations_The_British_Rock_Songbook.rar.html

[NewRider]

NICE! Thanks.