I couldn't help but think last week of the opening concert of a folk music series in Attleboro a quarter-century ago. The featured performer was Odetta, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 77.

Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century, has died. She was 77. Odetta died Tuesday of heart disease at Lenox Hill ...

Here's the thing I remember most about Odetta: Her calm, queenly sense of self and admirable grace under pressure. The blues and folk singer, who died Tuesday at age 77, exuded those qualities during ...

Folk performer Odetta sings at the New Orleans Jazz Festival in this 1978 file photo. Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a ...

She is one of our favorites here on Your Carolina, Kylie Odetta. She is joining us this morning to tell us all about her benefit concert this month helping out the Salvation Army. Kylie Odetta ...

Folk singer Odetta, shown arriving at the Salute to the Blues concert at Radio City Music Hall in February 2003, moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century. She has died at age ...

Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century, has died. She was 77. By The Associated Press NEW YORK — Odetta, the folk singer ...