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Strange fruit: How Billie Holiday's performance of the anti-lynching song politicized Black...
Phys.org· 2 days agoBillie Holiday's recording of the anti-lynching song "Strange Fruit" has stirred and haunted...
What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in the Amy Winehouse Biopic
Slate via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAmy Winehouse often acknowledged midcentury jazz artists like Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, and...
Pittsburgh CLO's 'Lady Day' is a beautiful, raw evening spent with a legend
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 2 days agoBillie Holiday will undoubtedly — and deservedly — be a household name for generations to come....
The history of jazz in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOver the years, Milwaukee has been a laboratory for jazz musicians. In its heyday, jazz greats like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday...
Arooj Aftab Just Wants To Have Fun
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThe Pakistani-American musician wanted to “escape” the pressure of following up her Grammy-winning album, Vulture Prince. Then she “just got real with...
Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Chow Down
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe title of the play comes from the lyrics of a 1939 song sung by Billie Holiday titled "Strange...
She Brings The Great American Songbook To Legions Of Young People
Forbes· 2 days agoElla Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr. and Judy Garland are just a few artists who were standouts ...
How to spend a day in Philadelphia, USA
National Geographic· 2 days agoThis article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The East Coast city of Philadelphia is often overlooked in favour of its big-hitting...
‘Back to Black’: How Marisa Abela Trained to Sing Like Amy Winehouse (Exclusive)
Extra TV· 21 hours agoDirector Sam Taylor-Johnson and star Marisa Abela sat down with “Extra’s” Terri Seymour to talk...
About America’s Black Holocaust Museum
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 day agoA tree with branches stretching along the ceiling pays homage to the powerful song “Strange Fruit,” made popular by artist Billie Holiday, that...
