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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...
The history of jazz in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoOver the years, Milwaukee has been a laboratory for jazz musicians. In its heyday, jazz greats like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday...
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....
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· 14 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· 23 hours agoA tree with branches stretching along the ceiling pays homage to the powerful song “Strange Fruit,” made popular by artist Billie Holiday, that...
Opinion | The Pop Songs You Hate Are Good for Democracy
New York Times· 15 hours agoOr, what I learned from my roommate’s unconscionable taste in music.