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Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta, was an American singer, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals.
Odetta, American folk singer who was noted especially for her versions of spirituals and who became for many the voice of the civil rights movement of the early 1960s. Her albums included Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues and At the Gate of Horn. Learn more about Odetta’s life and music.
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24 de feb. de 2022 · Twenty years later, Odetta would redirect the path of something called “folk music” by synthesizing the stagecraft of opera and country on prime-time television. But, in 1937, few...
24 de ago. de 2020 · Ian Zack’s “Odetta” and Matthew Frye Jacobson’s “One Grain of Sand” assess the legacy of the singer, whose career intertwined with the civil rights movement.
Odetta (Odetta Holmes) (31 de diciembre de 1930, Birmingham (Alabama) - 2 de diciembre de 2008, Nueva York) fue una cantautora y guitarrista estadounidense de folk. Biografía [ editar ] Aunque nacida en Alabama , tras morir su padre cuando ella contaba con 7 años se trasladó con su madre a Los Ángeles , donde creció.
26 de feb. de 2009 · The Manhattan celebration of the life of Odetta, the folk singer who gave rhythm and voice to the civil rights era, had both a neighborly and a historical feel.
28 de feb. de 2018 · She experienced her first racial horrors in 1937, when after she boarded the Birmingham train to move to Los Angeles with her family, the conductor angrily yelled at her and the family, called them racial names, and forcibly pushed them to the back train cars for “Coloreds Only.”
