Please, Rolling Stone, don’t make your obituary for this legend a mere inset in your mag. I’d say considering her enormous influence, she deserves at least a whole page.

Odetta never gets her proper due for her place in music history. She’s always been vastly underrated as a musician and singer. Her works are nothing short of brilliant! If you are looking for some non-traditional Christmas tunes, check out her “Christmas Spirituals” sometime. It’s not a classic, but it should be.
Rest In Peace Odetta! Your music will live within my heart forever.

Chris?, they don’t have any room, you have to understand that more important artists like Brittany Spears take up a large amount of space and there is only so much room left over for lesser artists like Odetta.

Such a great singer,RS should definitely give a whole page of her life,now that would be a story.A great inspiration.

Rolling Stone: Odetta influenced Bob Dylan, a Dylan song gave you the name of your magazine, therefore give Odtta 1 page for her obituary, right after news on Britney and the others that were not influenced by Bob Dylan or Odtta

Great folk singer,powerfull voice !
She gave life to the to the songs by slaves,farmers,blacks,whites etc.
R.I.P. great ‘O’…

She may have influenced her contemporaries Dylan and Joan Baez philosophically (not sure where the influence was on Janis Joplin), but Odetta’s more direct musical influence spans generations, from Joan Armatrading to Tracy Chapman. She was a towering, iconic figure of Civil Rights-era folk.

thomas blue-
Are you being sarcastic? Brittany (sic) Spears is more “important” than a “lesser artist” like Odetta? Shameful comments.

Like to hear more on the memorial … NYC … hopefully .
Having her sing at the Obama inaugral would have been momentus … very sad .
Thanks Greg … will look for that CD . Any thing different for the Christmas season is nice .

I agree with most comments – Odetta deserves a far better coverage, its sad to see her buried deep inside an issue about… Britney Spears!!

Just to clarify: “timmayy”, I think the mag – and the rock group – got their name from a Muddy Waters song, and not from the Dylan song.

I reiterate that Odetta merits a much more prominent coverage than she received.

it is instances like these (and what it indicates) when a such an important, original, talented, and influential artist is marginalized whilst the likes of spears are splashed on the cover and throughout the pages that I will not purchase a subscription despite a strong interest in music and the occasional good content of the magazine

I just discovered her music a few months ago and it brings me memories of my youth in the 60’s. I have bought much of her music and it brings me great pleasure.
There won’t be another like her!
Rest easy.

I just discovered her music a few months ago and it brings me memories of my youth in the 60’s. I have bought much of her music and it brings me great pleasure.
There won’t be another like her!
Rest easy.

I just discovered her music a few months ago and it brings me memories of my youth in the 60’s. I have bought much of her music and it brings me great pleasure.
There won’t be another like her!
Rest easy.

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