The actress said Billie Holiday "reinvigorated the civil rights movement." Andra Day opened up on playing renowned jazz singer Billie Holiday in "The United States Vs. Billie Holiday" during episode ...
This Valentine’s Day, listen to Billie Holiday and Lester Young’s collaborations to experience art truly made from a place of love, writes Colin Fleming.
At first glance, South Durham Street in Upper Fells Point looks like a typical Baltimore street. But look around and you'll see art honoring the late singer Billie Holiday. The street, also known as ...
Despite her status as one of the world's most influential jazz and blues singers, Billie Holiday passed away penniless and alone. The artist rose to stardom in the 1930s with chart-topping hits such ...
The Billie Holiday Theatre will present a staged reading of TWELVE ANGRY BLACK WOMEN, an unflinching, experimental, and richly speculative theatrical work from award-winning playwright and storyteller ...
On July 17, 1959, the famed singer behind a controversial jazz standard once condemned as a “declaration of war” died—an ironically tragic end to an internal war the singer endured in the final years ...
The Billie Holiday Theatre has announced the launch of the Caribbean Theatre Festival – “Caribbean Calling: Roots & Resurgence,” a landmark celebration of English-speaking Caribbean artistry, ...
The music of legendary jazz vocalist Billie Holiday will fill the Charleston Music Hall at a Feb. 7 concert with the Charleston Jazz Orchestra. Led by Music Director Robert Lewis, the CJO will bring a ...
Despite Billie Holiday's successful career, she died with less than a dollar in her bank account. The legendary singer died on July 17, 1959 after years of contributing her soulful voice to the charts ...
"A White Jewish producer, and the greatest Black jazz singer of all-time, and an all-Black band, working together to produce art," Crystal says ...
LOS ANGELES, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Billie Holiday, considered one of the greatest jazz singers of all time, has long been remembered for her expressive voice as well as a history of drug and alcohol ...
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