Billie Holiday
NYC rocksteady band The Frightnrs list 10 songs that influenced new LP 'Always'
The Frightnrs’ new album — out today on Daptone Records — pulls from a variety of classic reggae, rocksteady, soul, jazz, dub, and more influences, and they spoke to us about 10 of them…
Cat Power shares Billie Holiday cover and new version of her own song "Hate"
The cover of Billie Holiday’s ”I’ll Be Seeing You” also comes with a nostalgic music video that hearkens back to the Billie Holiday era.
Rolling Stone publishes new version of '500 Greatest Songs of All Time' list
Seventeen years after the original list, Rolling Stone has published a completely new version of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, including 254 songs that weren’t present on the 2004 list.
St. Vincent shares International Women's Day playlist
She also talked about her love of Billie Holiday, saying, ”long live the genius spirit of Billie Holiday that will live on forever through her transcendent work.”
Johnny Cash, Billie Holiday, Woody Guthrie, & more may become statues in Trump's 'Garden of American Heroes'
Also on the list for Trump’s proposed monument garden: Elvis Presley, Louis Armstrong, Irving Berlin, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Frank Sinatra, and many more.
'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' coming to Hulu in February (watch the trailer)
The film stars Andra Day as Billie Holiday and is directed by Lee Daniels (’Precious’).
M. Ward releasing Billie Holiday covers LP benefitting BLM (stream a track)
‘Think of Spring’ will be out in December.
Fishbone debut timely new song inspired by "Strange Fruit," new album coming soon
”It’s been 35 years and a day since the release of our debut EP, we still at this… still OG, still speaking on it,” the band says of their new song, which updates the themes of ”Strange Fruit” to address the police brutality of today.
Bright Eyes made a "Sad Indie Mixtape"
Featuring Phoebe Bridgers, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nick Drake, Frank Ocean, Lana Del Rey, Patti Smith, Arab Strap, PJ Harvey, Aphex Twin, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, and more.
Today's livestreams (Kendrick Lamar, Solange, Missy Elliott, Alanis Morissette, more)
plus Jeff Rosenstock, Soccer Mommy, Yves Tumor, Margo Price, Charly Bliss, Andrew Bird, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.