Gifted with one of the most recognizable voices in popular music, Richie Havens has a soulful singing style that remains as unique and ageless as when he first emerged from the Greenwich Village folk scene in the early 1960s.
It’s a voice that has inspired and electrified audiences from the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair in 1969, to the Clinton Presidential Inauguration in 1993 - coming full circle with the 30th Woodstock Anniversary celebration, “A Day In The Garden”, in 1999. For over three decades, Richie has used his music to convey messages of brotherhood and personal freedom. With more than twenty-five albums released and a touring schedule that would kill many a younger man, he continues to view his calling as a higher one. As he told The Denver Post, “I really sing songs that move me. I’m not in show business; I’m in the communications business.That’s what it’s about for me”. For the fans, it’s about how Richie embodies both, and in the summer of 2008, Richie Havens delivers to his fans a bold collection of new material on his release Nobody Left to Crown (July 29, 2008 / Verve Records).
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