Entertainment & Arts
The enduring image of Richie Havens performing “Freedom” at Woodstock is a potent vision of music’s capacity for spirituality.
Nov. 6, 1993
Ministry of Gossip
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Sept. 22, 2010
Opinion
Letters: Richie Havens and Earth Day
April 24, 2013
Music
Richie Havens, iconic Woodstock singer, dies at 72
April 22, 2013
Obituaries
Richie Havens dies at 72; singer became Woodstock’s opening act
Richie Havens’ creative, political spirit never wavered
His performance of ‘Freedom/Motherless Child’ became a landmark anthem of the 1969 music festival and cultural phenomenon.
Folk singer Richie Havens, whose up-tempo rendition of George Harrison’s “Here Comes the Sun” was a musical centerpiece of the Woodstock festival 20 years ago, reportedly hopes to do a live reunion festival in Moscow that would feature such acts as John Sebastian (formerly of the Lovin’ Spoonful), Joe Cocker and the newly risen Jefferson Airplane.
March 8, 1989
Trying to keep up with Richie Havens has never been an easy task.
Oct. 15, 1990
Jan. 6, 2012