Bettye LaVette still collecting much praise and playing SXSW!
BETTYE LaVETTE has earned a high spot on the annual Village Voice “Pazz & Jop” poll, coming in at #20. In editor Robert Christgau’s essay on the poll, he states: “Bettye LaVette outdoes herself.” Elsewhere, in a review of a Joni Mitchell tribute show at Carnegie Hall, Jon Pareles closed …