Billie Holiday News Archives

It's Halloween and time for some scary songs - and not Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash." Really scary songs.

It's Halloween and time for some scary songs a ' and, no, I don't mean Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash." I mean really scary songs.

Dee Dee Bridgewater lives her life with her ears open. Speaking by phone last week from her home outside Las Vegas, a reporter's typing on the other end of the line distracted her and led her to mention how she typed 120 words a minute and wrote shorthand years ago.

You know who dis is? Died 50 yeahs ago on this exact day. Da greatest jazz singah of all time: Billie Holiday.

The summer before my freshman year I was hanging out with friends that are really into hair metal, and this rubbed off on me eventually.

As my husband, our nephew and I made our approach to the Queen Mary Hotel in Long Beach, Calif., it occurred to me what an odd setting this was for a luxury hotel.

SOURCE: rock paper scissors, inc. Lifting Up a Shot of Pure Grain Cesaria: The Music of Cape Verde's Billie Holiday Goes to Cairo Cesaria Evora has overcome poverty, a revolution, and even a recent stroke to become a national treasure of Cape Verde and uphold her reputation as an increasingly adventurous icon of world music.

"Lady Day at the Boston Bistro" recalls the life and art of Billie Holiday, the legendary jazz singer who died 50 years ago at the age of 44.

Black History Month should help break down homophobia by celebrating the sexuality of black heroes such as Malcolm X October is Black History Month in Britain a ' a wonderful celebration of the huge, important and valuable contribution that black people have made to humanity and to popular culture.

Any woman who has ever worn a pair of jeans has Iris Apfel to thank. In the 1940s, when only lumberjacks and field hands wore blue cotton denim, a persistent young girl hounded the owner of a Wisconsin Army & Navy store until he finally ordered her a pair of boy-sized denims.

Unity Theatre Ensemble is this area's stealth company -- except when they're performing.

From a musical theater production honoring one of the music's most revered legends to an up-and-coming trio stretching the boundaries of the genre, there's a diverse lineup of jazz events happening over the next few days in St.

A perfect marriage of saxophone and voice, saxophonist Kenny Soderblom and his wife, vocalist Leah McCoy Soderblom, pay tribute to great American jazz standards in a intimate and sensuous performance with You and the Night and the Music .

By Norbert Krapf In his latest striking collection, Indiana poet laureate and Indianapolis resident Norbert Krapf focuses his critical eye and passionate voice on the female form.

Warpaint has become a favourite of in-the-know Hollywood hipsters, but it turns out that the Los Angeles - "based quartet has a strong connection to Hollywood North.

Away We Go is a so-so comedy about a couple starting a family who want to find the perfect spot to raise children.

To honor the 50th anniversary of Billie Holiday's death, a number of Philadelphia's leading jazz artists plan to celebrate her career with a concert on October 4. MOVIES Fans Feast on Undead as 'Zombieland' Opens to $25M The undead were alive and well at movie theaters as Woody Harrelson's horror comedy ''Zombieland'' opened on top with $25 ...

A new French comedy is light on dialogue but heavy on hilarious physical comedy sequences that are sure to have viewers laughing out loud and grinning ear to ear.

Fans Feast on Undead as 'Zombieland' Opens to $25M The undead were alive and well at movie theaters as Woody Harrelson's horror comedy ''Zombieland'' opened on top with $25 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Whether you know her as the singer of sultry ballads, the queen of scat or the creator of "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," almost everyone recognizes the voice and music of singer Ella Fitzgerald.

To honor the 50th anniversary of Billie Holiday's death, a number of Philadelphia's leading jazz artists plan to celebrate her career with a concert on October 4. More>> BOOKS Private Moments By Jason Salzenstein Private Moments is one of the largest, most beautifully produced art books from Bruno Gmunder.

While comedy and comic-tinged acting are his claims to fame, Billy Crystal clearly has a musician's soul.

Juno put Ellen Paige on the map, but what should she choose as a follow-up? The answer comes with Whip It, the sports drama directed by Drew Barrymore, that comes to theaters this Friday.

Gary Giddins , whose Visions of Jazzwon the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism in 1998, is perhaps best known for his longtime "Weather Bird" column for the Village Voice .