I'm posting it for three reasons. One, she'd backed by just a piano player, so it's basically a solo acoustic concert. That's a very unusual format for her, and one I particularly like. Two, I found this as a YouTube video, and as far as I know it's never been made available as sound files until now. Finally, three, it's a professionally recorded web broadcast, so the sound quality is excellent.
At the time of this concert in 2022, LaVette's most recent album was "Blackbirds," released in 2020. She was still touring to support that, so most of the songs come from that. But about half of the songs come from earlier albums. However, maybe because it's only an hour-long concert, only one songs goes back to her 1960s singles, "My Man - He's a Lovin' Man."
In my opinion, LaVette is one of the most soulful singers still alive and kicking, and she definitely still has her "it" factor here.
This album is 59 minutes long.
01 talk (Bettye LaVette)
02 Misty (Bettye LaVette)
03 Intro to The Forecast [Calls for Pain] (Bettye LaVette)
04 The Forecast [Calls for Pain] (Bettye LaVette)
05 talk (Bettye LaVette)
06 Hold No Grudge (Bettye LaVette)
07 talk (Bettye LaVette)
08 Save Your Love for Me (Bettye LaVette)
09 Isn't It a Pity (Bettye LaVette)
10 talk (Bettye LaVette)
11 Just Dropped In [To See What Condition My Condition Was In] (Bettye LaVette)
12 talk (Bettye LaVette)
13 Yesterday Is Here (Bettye LaVette)
14 talk (Bettye LaVette)
15 My Man - He's a Lovin' Man (Bettye LaVette)
16 talk (Bettye LaVette)
17 Love Reign O'er Me (Bettye LaVette)
18 Intro to Blackbird (Bettye LaVette)
19 Blackbird (Bettye LaVette)
The cover is a screenshot I took from the YouTube video of this exact concert.
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