Billie Holiday is widely considered jazz’s pre-eminent singer. Frank Sinatra once said that “with few exceptions, every major pop singer in the U.S. during her generation has been touched in some way ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Billie Holiday’s music has stood the test of time, transcending generations and remaining an essential ...

LIFE HERE IN BALTIMORE. THE ONLY THING I KNEW ABOUT BILLIE WAS WHEN SHE FIRST STARTED SINGING. WE’RE ON THOSE LITTLE NIGHTCLUBS. RENITA WIGGINS, JACKSON AND AFRICANA ARCHIVES CURATORIAL FELLOW AT ...

As a part of its 2024-25 Season, The Billie Holiday Theatre will present the next edition of BILLIE & BEYOND, a new expansive music series inspired by the artistry and legacy of the institution’s ...

Just a few months before her death in 1959, Billie Holiday took the stage at a sleazy bar in South Philadelphia and performed some of her most memorable hits for a small audience in her hometown. That ...