Bettye LaVette is a singer with over 60 years in the game. She's recorded dozens of albums with record labels like Atlantic, Motown and more. Since the early 2000s, Bettye's released a series of ...

“I may be the only Black singer who didn’t start out by singing in church,” says renowned R&B singer Bettye LaVette. “There was a jukebox in our living room and my parents would sit me on top of it ...

Great soul singers are not necessarily great songwriters. That’s the case with R&B veteran Bettye LaVette, who doesn’t pen her material, yet has an eye and ear for quality tunes. It has served her ...

Singer-songwriter and soul legend Bettye LaVette has shared the latest single off her forthcoming eponymous album, dubbed LaVette! The new track has been titled “Hard To Be A Human” and captures the ...

Twenty years ago Bettye LaVette declared that that “I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise,” and she hasn’t stopped doing it since. The Muskegon-born singer (nee Betty Joe Haskins) — who began her recording ...

Soul legend Bettye LaVette started singing when she was 16 and she's still tearing it up. Her new album is Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook. (Think Led Zeppelin with a whole lotta soul.) ...

Legendary singer-songwriter and Blues Hall of Fame inductee Bettye LaVette has signed with Jay-Vee Records. The newly announced partnership comes after the acclaimed musician worked alongside the ...

Legendary soul singer Bettye LaVette has announced a new album, the follow-up to 2020's Blackbirds. It's titled LaVette!, and the singer chose to cover songs that were written by Randall Bramblett, ...

Rolling Stone magazine describes Bettye LaVette as "someone who this very minute could unleash a performance that would make your hair stand on end." And with good reason. A timeless, deeply soulful ...

Bettye LaVette is an underappreciated, opinionated, tell-it-like-it-is singer. "There's isn't anyone at Motown that I didn't see drunk, broke or naked," said the Detroit-reared R&B vocalist, who after ...