Odetta
Before mainstream folk revival artists found protest music, Odetta was already carrying it.
Her voice held spirituals, work songs, and freedom songs that long predated the 1960s movement. She performed at the March on Washington and became a moral presence in an era that needed steady voices.
She didn’t dramatize struggle.
She honored it.
I’m On My Way:
This Little Light of Mine:
No More Auction Block:
Freedom Trilogy:
Spiritual Trilogy:
This is an Open Thread
