Comments on: Odetta Holmes, R.I.P. http://idolator.com/5101302/odetta-holmes-r-i-p Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:30:15 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris Molanphy http://idolator.com/5101302/odetta-holmes-r-i-p/comment-page-1#comment-783872 Chris Molanphy Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:13:53 +0000 c1efce0dff703e45e8eb54911338aeac#comment-783872 <p><i>I hate that I only came to Odetta's music recently</i></p> <p>Hey, better late than never...</p> <p><i>I've found them to be surprisingly stirring affairs, with her rich, deep voice working through traditionals in a manner that's downright odd to someone not used to her delivery.</i></p> <p>Exactly. She's so distinctive. As someone who grew up in a house with '60s folk fans (my parents were late-blooming folkies), I grew to love that unmistakable voice. My sister adopted all of my parents' Odetta vinyl and played it to death.</p> <p>This morning I dug through my iTunes and played her version of "God's Gonna Cut You Down," made famous recently (in different form) as a sample on Moby's "Run On." She was total class, and I think it's safe to say no one will sing like her again. I'm glad she got to see Obama's election before leaving this world.</p> I hate that I only came to Odetta’s music recently

Hey, better late than never…

I’ve found them to be surprisingly stirring affairs, with her rich, deep voice working through traditionals in a manner that’s downright odd to someone not used to her delivery.

Exactly. She’s so distinctive. As someone who grew up in a house with ’60s folk fans (my parents were late-blooming folkies), I grew to love that unmistakable voice. My sister adopted all of my parents’ Odetta vinyl and played it to death.

This morning I dug through my iTunes and played her version of “God’s Gonna Cut You Down,” made famous recently (in different form) as a sample on Moby’s “Run On.” She was total class, and I think it’s safe to say no one will sing like her again. I’m glad she got to see Obama’s election before leaving this world.

]]> By: Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/5101302/odetta-holmes-r-i-p/comment-page-1#comment-783882 Maura Johnston Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:39:37 +0000 c1efce0dff703e45e8eb54911338aeac#comment-783882 <p>i was hoping she was going to pull through and sing at obama's inauguration. but kidney failure is hard on the body. rip.</p> i was hoping she was going to pull through and sing at obama’s inauguration. but kidney failure is hard on the body. rip.

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