Billie Holiday: Emotional Power Through Song Holiday became famous after she recorded "Strange Fruit," a 1939 protest song about lynchings of African-Americans. The haunting vocal offers a stark ...

Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

Billie Holiday’s music continues to captivate, comfort, and challenge listeners nearly a century after she first graced the microphone. These ten songs, each a different facet of love, offer ...

Billie Holiday recorded in the days before the Billboard Hot 100. But she had a number of top 10 hits in her time.

In March 1939, a then-23-year-old Billie Holiday closed out her set at New York's Cafe Society with a song she hadn't performed before: "Strange Fruit." Written by Jewish schoolteacher Abel ...

Jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater offers a playlist of Billie Holiday's greatest songs paired with versions performed by other artists.

Snapshot: A musical biopic about Billie Holiday, her haunting rendition of the protest song “Strange Fruit” and the federal government’s yearslong campaign to get her to stop singing it.

In 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, fronted orchestras led by Count Basie and ...

Billie Holiday's rendition of "Strange Fruit" remains a testament to injustice decades after the singer's death.

What Makes Billie Holiday’s Music So Powerful Today Musicians including Cassandra Wilson pay homage to the jazz legend with new albums for Lady Day’s 100th birthday ...

Holiday became famous after she recorded "Strange Fruit," a 1939 protest song about lynchings of African-Americans. The haunting vocal offers a... Billie Holiday: Emotional Power Through Song ...