(ThyBlackMan.com) Billie Holiday’s music has stood the test of time, transcending generations and remaining an essential touchstone for lovers of jazz and classic vocal storytelling. Her voice, rich ...

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 Artie ...

Billie Holiday's rendition of "Strange Fruit" remains a testament to injustice decades after the singer's death. File Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress Today, Holiday is revered as one of the ...

Singer Billie Holiday records her penultimate album, Lady in Satin, at the Columbia Records studio in December 1957 in New York City. [Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images] Abel Meeropol, a New ...

UnPrisoned Season 2 follows the chaos of Season 1 with more messy moments, set to some great needle drops. Finn (Faly Raktohavana), particularly, has a moment with music this season. Edwin also loves ...

Listen to reader-submitted songs that capture the moodiness of fall. Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, two cool cats, bring us a puzzle about musicians who scat. By Caitlin Lovinger Nat King Cole, Billie ...

Sixty-five years ago, on July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan Hospital in New York. The 44-year-old singer arrived after being turned away from a nearby charity hospital on evidence of ...