How did “Strange Fruit” get popular? Exactly how and who initially presented the song to Billie Holiday is the subject of some dispute. Regardless, “Strange Fruit” quickly became a ...

“This song has been written (lyrically) for a while, and I was on a heavy Billie Holiday kick at the time,” Madeira says. “She has a devastating song where she says, ‘Angels have no ...

National Museum of African American History and Culture Photograph of Billie Holiday National Museum of African ... Culture Costume design drawing by Judy Dearing for Billie Holiday in The Song of ...

Jazz singer Alex McArthur and the Buffalo Jazz Collective will perform the music of World War II on Friday at the Kenan Center’s Taylor Theatre in Lockport. As part of the “Secret Weapons of WWII” ...