11th Annual IMA Judges Announced!
August 10, 2011 by IMA Robert
Filed under IMA Buzz
Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan, Tori Amos, Joshua Redman, Ozzy Osbourne, Del McCoury, Suzanne Vega, Michael Franti, Bettye LaVette Among The 11th Annual Independent Music Awards Judges The Independent Music Awards® (The IMAs), the international awards program for self-released and independent label talent announced today that the distinguished husband and wife songwriting team of Tom Waits [...]
Bettye LaVette On Tavis Smiley Today, July 9!
July 9, 2010 by IMA Robert
Filed under IMA Judges Spotlight
IMA Judge Bettye LaVette went in to tape a 15-minute segment of the popular PBS talk show Tavis Smiley yesterday, and ended up doing the whole half-hour show. You can catch it today on your local PBS affiliate. Check those local listings here: www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/201007/20100709.html For those of you in the New York/New Jersey Metro area, [...]
Bettye LaVette Releases British Rock Songbook Covers Album
June 2, 2010 by IMA Robert
Filed under IMA Judges Spotlight
Bettye LaVette, R&B legend and IMA Judge, has just released her new album, Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook, on Anti- Records. Known recently for performing Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come” at President Barack Obama’s Inagural Celebration and for making Pete Townshend weep after her rendition of The Who’s “Love Reign O’er Me” at [...]
IMA Judge Bettye LaVette Releases New Album
July 7, 2009 by IMA Robert
Filed under IMA Judges Spotlight
9th Annual IMA Judge Bettye LaVette has released a 6-song digital EP, A Change is Gonna Come Sessions, on iTunes. Having conquered the ghosts of a hard-luck past on her GRAMMY-nominated CD The Scene of the Crime, BETTYE LAVETTE shines a new light on that past with her latest, A CHANGE IS GONNA COME SESSIONS. [...]
