August 26th, 2020
Click the link for an in depth piece on Bettye and Blackbirds.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/arts/music/bettye-lavette-blackbirds.html
News
August 24th, 2020
Bettye’s performance at the 2019 Montclair Jazz Festival was chosen for 2020’s “Best Of” Virtual Festival. Her performance begins at 58:46
July 27th, 2020
Bettye will be taking part in this years BeatleFest. She will be interviewed about her love for the songs of the Beatles, and debuting Blackbird. She will be singing live to the instrumental track. Her time slot is Sunday, August 9 @ 6:30pm EST.
December 7th, 2018
Bettye is extremely pleased to have received two Grammy Nominations for Things Have Changed.
The nominations are for
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE - Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM Things Have Changed
Bettye thanks everyone who has helped to make this happen.
July 28th, 2018
Read about Bettye’s past and present in Rolling Stone. here.
June 21st, 2018
Bettye speaks with Talia Schlanger on NPR’s World Cafe.
You can listen to the show here.
May 31st, 2018
Bettye speaks with Jessie Katz, host of Billboard’s Sisters of Soul, about her career. You can see the interview here.
May 17th, 2018
Bettye visited DJ Eric Holland at WFUV Studios in The Bronx on April 9, 2018. Listen to their conversation and a couple of songs with her band here.
May 11th, 2018
"Call it blasphemy if you like (and no doubt some will), but on Things Have Changed she does Dylan better than Dylan.” You can read the full review here.
May 6th, 2018
Bettye and her band did a couple of songs for City Winery Cellar Sessions at The City Winery NYC on April 6, 2018 during soundcheck for the album release party for Things Have Changed. You can view them here.
April 30th, 2018
Geoffrey Himes has a lengthy conversation with Bettye about her career and Things Have Changed. "On her new album, Things Have Changed, the great American soul singer reminds us of just how fruitful reinvented songs can be in the right hands.” You can read the entire interview here.
April 27th, 2018
Bettye visited WBGO studios in Newark, NJ on April 10, 2018. Listen in as she talks with Gary Walker, and watch some videos of B & her band performing live in the studio. The show can be seen and heard here.
