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Thursday May 16 | NorthJersey.com

Thank you, Richie Havens

It's been almost a month since singer Richie Havens died. He was one of the first musicians I interviewed - and one of the best.

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Fri May 03, 2013

CNN

Rocker Hanneman's death puts attention on spider-bite effects

Chris Kelly , one-half of the 1990s rap duo Kris Kross, died on May 1 at an Atlanta hospital after being found unresponsive at his home, the Fulton County medical examiner's office told CNN.

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Related Topix: Kris Kross, Rap, CNN, Folk, Richie Havens, Divinyls, Pop/Rock, Children TV, The Mickey Mouse Club, Entertainment, Television

Thu May 02, 2013

Asheville Citizen-Times

LEAF brings Staples, Ozomatli to Black Mountain

The LEAF event has always been about music and family. You can count on seeing great bands and performers, as well as many of the same faces in the crowd each spring and fall.

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Related Topix: Ozomatli, Latin, Black Mountain, NC, Blues, Mavis Staples, Bluegrass, Peter Rowan, Folk, Richie Havens, Buncombe County, NC

Wed May 01, 2013

FiveThirtyEight

City Room: Richie Havens Was Gracious, I Was Dumbfounded

About two years ago, I was zipping into Borders on 33rd Street near Madison Square Garden on my lunch hour when I almost slammed into someone else entering the store.

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Mon Apr 29, 2013

NyackNewsAndViews

Sam Waymon Remembers Richie Havens

Richie Havens and Sam Waymon were close friends. The 72 year old Havens, a folk singer and guitarist best known as the legendary opening act at Woodstock, suffered a fatal heart attack on April 21.

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Related Topix: Folk, Richie Havens, Woodstock, NY, Black Entertainment, Nina Simone, Jazz, Saugerties, NY, Freedom, NY, Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY

Sun Apr 28, 2013

Cool Hunting

ListenUp: New music and a look at the lives of music legends George Jones and Richie Havens

Sweating and strumming the guitar with artistic force, folk singer Richie Havens opened up Woodstock in '69 with a three-hour-long, 11-song set that culminated with " Freedom ." A star on the rise, the Brooklyn artist artist set the tone then and continued to do so throughout his extensive career, which not only included several chart-topping ... (more)

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Examiner.com

A Fabric of Our Lives

Resume: The Best of Richie Havens demonstrates why he should be remembered for more than being the opening act at one of the world's most famous music festivals.

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Fri Apr 26, 2013

Jamaica Observer

Folk icon Richie Havens is dead

RICHIE Havens, who died at the age of 72 on Monday from a heart attack, was an iconic figure of the 1960s counterculture, forever defined by his performance as the opening act of the 1969 Woodstock Festival.

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Related Topix: Sport Movies, Comedy Movies, Greased Lightning, Western, Biography Movies, Action Movies, Folk, Richie Havens, Bob Dylan, Pop/Rock, Fred Neil, Stephen Stills

Thu Apr 25, 2013

WNYC-AM New York

Richie Havens' Passing Recalls a 1989 WNYC Broadcast

Richie Havens passed away a few days ago at a relatively young 72, and even just a couple of years ago, when I saw him at Poisson Rouge , his voice was as strong as ever.

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New Pittsburgh Courier Online

Richie Havens in his own words

Folk singer Richie Havens, who died Monday at 72, was the opening act in 1969 at Woodstock, the historic counterculture music festival, catapulting him to fame and securing his status as an icon of the baby-boomer generation.

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Wed Apr 24, 2013

FiveThirtyEight

Taking Note: Richie Havens, 1941 - 2013

In 1971, around when I first heard the voice that was Richie Havens , I was 7 years old.

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Counterpunch

Freed by Richie Havens

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Daily Kos

So long Richie

Oka I confessa I didn't know who Richie Havens was until I saw him play on the movie screen in that famous documentary: Woodstock .

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Tue Apr 23, 2013

Essence Magazine

Coffee Talk: Lauryn Hill Tax Sentencing Delayed, Signs $1M Record Deal

It was moved to give Hill a chance to pay a portion of her $968,000 tax debt. According to Hill's attorney, she signed a million-dollar record deal with Sony and will take out a $650,000 loan to use toward her mounting tax debt.

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Daily Kos

Black Kos, Tuesday's Chile

I'd like to spend a little time celebrating his life. Not just as the iconic opening performer at Woodstock, or hall of fame blues folk artist.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Home Gardening, Home, Folk, Richie Havens, Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, Manhattan, NY

National Public Radio

'Talk Of The Nation' Remembers Folk Singer Richie Havens

Legendary folk singer Richie Havens died Monday at the age of 72. The Brooklyn-born singer is famous opening act at the 1969 Woodstock music festival.

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CBS Local

Folk Music Legend, Woodstock Opener Richie Havens Dies

Mr. Havens' death was announced Monday afternoon. He died of a sudden heart attack in his Jersey City home, according to booking agent Tim Drake.

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Related Topix: Sport Movies, Comedy Movies, Greased Lightning, Western, Action Movies, Biography Movies, Folk, Richie Havens

RTE.ie

Music great Richie Havens dies

A statement on his website read: "Havens first became part of musical history during his impromptu opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.

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Inner Toob

Hat Squad/League of Themselves - Richie Havens

From the Los Angeles Times: Richie Havens, the veteran folk singer whose frenetic guitar strumming and impassioned vocals made him one of the defining voices and faces of Woodstock and 1960s pop music, died Monday of a heart attack at his home in Jersey City, N.J. He was 72.

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Mon Apr 22, 2013

Time

Richie Havens Dead at 72: His 6 Essential Folk Tracks

Over a remarkable career that lasted nearly five decades - and only ended with a March 2012 Facebook announcement that he was retiring due to persistent health issues - Richie Havens developed a global reputation as a consummate interpreter of pop and folk hits, an innovative guitarist, and an artist dedicated to myriad social causes.

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