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Billie Holiday Was a Songwriter, Too
The Wall Street Journal· 3 months agoESSAY Billie Holiday is widely considered jazz’s pre-eminent singer. Frank Sinatra once said that “with few exceptions, every major pop singer in the...
‘Bitter Crop’ Review: Billie Holiday’s Swan Song
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoIn 1959, during what would be the final months of her life, Billie Holiday was unwell. The singer—who had honed her art in the brothels of Baltimore,...
From Frida Kahlo to Billie Holiday – why do we get artistic women with addiction problems all wrong
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe work of Frida Kahlo, Billie Holiday, Anna Kavan, Andrea Dunbar and Nan Goldin represents more...
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Wraps Up ‘Ill-Advised Vanity Tour’ With Epic Carnegie Hall Concert
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOver the past 131 years, musical luminaries like Duke Ellington, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, the...
6 inspiring Black protest songs, from 'Strange Fruit' to Kendrick Lamar’s 'Alright'
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoToday, “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday, “A Change is Gonna Come,” Sam Cooke and “What’s Going On,”...
Tribute to the Women in Jazz brings in top names to Word of South
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor quite some time, people have bemoaned the fact that there are few women jazz artists. To some...
'It touches my heart.' Connie Fredericks-Malone is 'Alone With My Music' at Fringe
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 2 years agoConnie Fredericks-Malone of Canandaigua will present the music of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and others at the Rochester Fringe Festival Sept. 17.
The best Shania Twain songs of all time
TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoShania Twain has been writing and performing chart-topping songs for more than 25 years and we're not gonna lie, that does impress us much. A whole lot,...
How picking a baby name works in 2022 ∣ Ervolino
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwenty-six years ago, I called upon Record readers to enter a “Name My Niece” contest. I did it as a joke, but wound up with a milk crate overflowing...
'Choir' on Disney+ gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the Detroit Youth Choir
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn “Choir,” the new docuseries about the Detroit Youth Choir, the drama hinges on a...
