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Madison Roots Festival: Willy Porter Band + Bettye LaVette, Cory Chisel, Maia Sharp, Natty Nation
Willy Porter and Bettye LaVette and Cory Chisel And The Wandering Sons and Maia Sharp and Natty Nation and Mike Droho and Whitney Mann and Corey Hart
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Sat Aug 22
1 pm
Madison Roots Festival: Willy Porter Band + Bettye LaVette, Cory Chisel, Maia Sharp, Natty Nation at Capital Brewery
Soul singer Bettye LaVette began her career in 1962 at age 16, scoring a hit right away with “My Man, He’s A Loving Man.” But success proved hard to replicate. For the next 30 years, LaVette moved from label to label and style to style, cutting singles that bigger names such as Tina Turner and Bobbie Gentry would popularize. 2003’s A Woman Like Me caught the attention of the Anti- label, which snared her for 2005’s I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise, and 2007’s collaboration with Drive-By Truckers, The Scene Of The Crime, a slab of edgy, raw, uncompromising Southern soul that has sparked a renewed interest in her career. More recently, she performed Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” at Barack Obama’s inauguration. LaVette's last scheduled Madison show, in 2007, was cancelled, but here she returns as the highlight of the Madison Roots Festival, which will also include sets from Milwaukee's Willy Porter, Madison reggae band Natty Nation, Appleton native Cory Chisel, and pleasant singer-songwriter Maia Sharp.
Capital Brewery 7734 Terrace Ave, Madison, WI
Soul singer Bettye LaVette began her career in 1962 at age 16, scoring a hit right away with “My Man, He’s A Loving Man.” But success proved hard to replicate. For the next 30 years, LaVette moved from label to label and style to style, cutting singles that bigger names such as Tina Turner and Bobbie Gentry would popularize. 2003’s A Woman Like Me caught the attention of the Anti- label, which snared her for 2005’s I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise, and 2007’s collaboration with Drive-By Truckers, The Scene Of The Crime, a slab of edgy, raw, uncompromising Southern soul that has sparked a renewed interest in her career. More recently, she performed Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” at Barack Obama’s inauguration. LaVette's last scheduled Madison show, in 2007, was cancelled, but here she returns as the highlight of the Madison Roots Festival, which will also include sets from Milwaukee's Willy Porter, Madison reggae band Natty Nation, Appleton native Cory Chisel, and pleasant singer-songwriter Maia Sharp.
Updated 10/08/2009
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