If you will be in the NYC area next week, think about attending a memorial for Odetta at 7:00 pm, Tuesday, February 24th  in words and song by celebrated artists, friends and family at Riverside Church in New York City.
WHO: David Amram, Maya Angelou, Harry Belafonte, Oscar Brand, Tom Chapin,Guy Davis, Ruby Dee, Steve Earle, Wavy Gravy, Geoffrey Holder, Holmes Bros. w/ Seth Farber, Maria Muldaur & Marie Knight, Emory Joseph, Bernice Reagon, Sonia Sanchez, Pete Seeger, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Josh White, Jr., and Peter Yarrow & the Brooklyn Tech Chorus. More special guests to follow, in addition to video tributes.
WHAT: Celebration of the life and career of ODETTA, “The Voice of the Civil
Rights Movement” (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008)
WHERE: RIVERSIDE CHURCH, 490 Riverside Drive (at 121st Street), New
York, New York 10027. Tele: 212-870-6700
WHEN: Tuesday, February 24th at 7:00 pm. (Doors open at 6:00 pm)
Odetta was a transformational musical artist of the 20th Century, and “The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement.” In a career that spanned more than sixty years, she was the first major influence on the careers of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Janis Joplin. Free to the public, the Memorial Celebration will include video highlights of Odetta’s life, in addition to song performances and words of remembrance presented by celebrated artists who knew and worked with Odetta. “If only one could be sure that every 50 years a voice and a soul like Odetta’s would come along, the centuries would pass so quickly and painlessly we would hardly recognize time.” (Maya Angelou)
