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Strange fruit: How Billie Holiday's performance of the anti-lynching song politicized Black...
Phys.org· 7 days agoBillie Holiday's recording of the anti-lynching song "Strange Fruit" has stirred and haunted...
Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop & Billie Holiday Theatre to Present IMPOSSIBLE THEORIES OF US
Broadway World· 5 days agoThe Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop and Billie Holiday Theatre will present a virtual reading of...
What Happened to Toni Lane Casserly, the “Joan of Arc of Blockchain” Who Died Tragically at 29?
Cosmopolitan via Yahoo News· 1 day agoShe was a rising star in the crypto scene renowned for her revolutionary vision. Then, suddenly, she...
‘Back to Black’: How Marisa Abela Trained to Sing Like Amy Winehouse (Exclusive)
Extra TV· 6 days agoDirector Sam Taylor-Johnson and star Marisa Abela sat down with “Extra’s” Terri Seymour to talk...
The history of jazz in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOver the years, Milwaukee has been a laboratory for jazz musicians. In its heyday, jazz greats like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday...
Bluets review with House of the Dragon star Emma D'Arcy and Ben Whishaw
Daily Express· 22 hours agoIts pensive character clocks the colour’s references in culture too, from literature to the music of...
‘Night Reign’ by Arooj Aftab Review: Bridging Musical Borders
The Wall Street Journal· 21 hours agoAftab’s otherworldly reading of “Autumn Leaves.” In interviews, she has often expressed admiration...
Arooj Aftab Just Wants To Have Fun
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe Pakistani-American musician wanted to “escape” the pressure of following up her Grammy-winning album, Vulture Prince. Then she “just got real with...
‘A canvas for black artistry’: Miami exhibit celebrates Harlem Renaissance literature and art
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMost people just see the sphinx. Then they notice the circles looped onto the sphinx’s backside,...
Pod Corner: Brown v. Board of Education
NPR· 4 days agoEsther Brown fundraised all over Kansas, making presentations to local NAACP branches, labor unions and churches. One night, she even made a pitch on stage at a Billie < ...