Strange Fruit, directed by Venus Cuffs at Joe's Pub on 2/26, is a multimedia protest performance inspired by Billie Holiday's 1939 anti-lynching anthem. An all-LGBTQIA+ cast of Black artists explores ...

We recently mentioned that Strange Pains, the band led by Ted Bradley of Empty Country‘s live band, is gearing up to release a double album called The Diamond District that Joe D’Agostino from Empty ...

The song “Strange Fruit,” was described as the “song of the century” in 1999 by Time Magazine. It was popularized by the famous American jazz singer, Billie Holiday. It is among the greatest and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. His uncle Milt Gabler produced one of jazz legend Billie Holiday's seminal singles: "Strange Fruit" — a protest song that became a ...

Music played a key role in the civil rights movement. People marched to freedom songs while artists from Sam Cooke to Bob Dylan took the message to the masses in recordings as enduring as "A Change is ...

A pile of fruit with peaches, figs, apples, oranges, lemons, grapes, bananas, pears, blueberries, and other assorted fruits on a table with foliage in the background - Fcafotodigital/Getty Images We ...

For those of us of a certain age, we remember sitting down at the television, sinking into the sofa, and surrounding ourselves with snacks and sodas. It was a glorious moment. And then came the cherry ...

In the heart of the Mississippi farmland, where cotton plantations once drove the slave economy, the recent news of a Black student found hanged from a tree on the campus of Delta State University ...

I’ve watched Constellation for quite a while (“Constellation Energy Has the Power That AI Needs. The CEO Is Making the Most of It,” Cover Story, Oct. 17). Buying Calpine is huge. Constellation also ...

Before Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson, or Rachelle Ferrell, there was Billie Holiday, a fierce jazz vocalist who captivated audiences with every note. Known for her unique raspy voice, she made history as ...

The All Things Go festival is celebrating a decade with All Things Go: 10 Years, a benefit compilation benefiting Jack Antonoff’s charity the Ally Coalition. Bartees Strange is doing his part by ...