ODETTAThe future icon was born Odetta Holmes in Birmingham, Alabama in 1930. She was classically tra
ODETTAThe future icon was born Odetta Holmes in Birmingham, Alabama in 1930. She was classically trained, but favored folk music, a nimbler genre that could directly express her lyrics and sentiment. Her voice was broad and sonorous, a booming sound that gave her music a special depth. She was the great among greats; Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Tracy Chapman, and more all cited her as an influence. Her music has a hagiographic quality. She was often nicknamed the “soundtrack of the Civil Rights Movement,” a title she more than earned after marching with Martin Luther King Jr. and being name-checked as a favorite by leaders like Rosa Parks.first photo courtesy of the hulton archive/getty -- source link
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