MEMORIAL FOR ODETTA - RIVERSID CHURCH - NEW YORK CITY - FEB. 24

FREE EVENT, Open to the Public

CONTACT: Douglas A. Yeager Productions, Ltd., TEL: (212) 245-0240


Tuesday, February 24th, 7:00 p.m.

In Words & Song by celebrated artists, friends and family. At Riverside Church in New York City.

FEATURING: 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, NY 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 60 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)

Media should check in at the Riverside Drive main entrance of the church by 6:00 pm.

For more information, contact: Douglas Yeager at (212) 245-0240, or Michelle Esrick at (917) 696-0104, or Sonya White (212) 491-9118

Message brought to you by Mark Carpentieri, President, MC Records

www.mc-records.com


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