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Billie Holiday: Lady Sings the Blues

...Weep For Me, Good Morning Heartache . . . Billie Holiday invested her soul in the songs she chose, many... ...at age 44. Sensible music collections have Billie Holiday albums -- there are any number of decent...

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THE BARGAIN BUY: Billy Holiday; Lady Day

...booklet. As with many jazz singers, the great Billie Holiday probably recorded too much and so some of the...

The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/8403/the-bargain-buy-billy-holiday-lady-day/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Tamara Murphy of Spirograph Studies

...But a great starting point is probably some Billie Holiday, with Lester Young blowing on the middle of...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/9057/the-famous-elsewhere-jazz-questionnaire-tamara-murphy-of-spirograph-studies/

JUST KIDS by PATTI SMITH: Nourished by love and art

...an elegy for John Coltrane like he did for Billie Holiday.” Smith admits to great naivety -- she...

Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/2945/just-kids-by-patti-smith-nourished-by-love-and-art/

R.E.M. GREEN REISSUED (2013): This is a call . . .

...connecting with America (Angel of Harlem about Billie Holiday) and attaching themselves to coattails (the...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5673/rem-green-reissued-2013-this-is-a-call/

10 UNUSUAL ECM ALBUMS OF THE EIGHTIES I OWN (2019): But there's no pattern to the pattern . . .

...launched with the album Free At Last by former Billie Holiday pianist Mal Waldron, a recovering junkie who...

Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/9196/10-unusual-ecm-albums-of-the-eighties-i-own-2019-but-theres-no-pattern-to-the-pattern/

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, THE TRACKS BOX SET (1998): The creation, rise and redemption of the Boss

..."discoveries" were Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday and, yes, Bob Dylan.Despite his remarkable...

Tagged with: bruce springsteen | elvis presley | ronnie spector | steven van zandt |

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/449/bruce-springsteen-the-tracks-box-set-1998-the-creation-rise-and-redemption-of-the-boss/

Various Artists: Murder; Songs from the Dark Side of the Soul (Trikont/Yellow Eye)

...(Send Me to the 'lectric Chair, '37) . . . And Billie Holiday with her signature song Strange Fruit from...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3622/various-artists-murder-songs-from-the-dark-side-of-the-soul-trikont-yellow-eye/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: Amiria Grenell

...you have read is . . . Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday. If you could co-write with anyone it would be...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/7165/the-famous-elsewhere-songwriter-questionnaire-amiria-grenell/

Charles Lloyd: The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note/digital outlets)

...get nods here are Thelonious on Monk's Dance, Billie Holiday on The Ghost of Lady Day which captures her...

Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/11067/charles-lloyd-the-sky-will-still-be-there-tomorrow-blue-note-digital-outlets/

BESSIE SMITH PROFILED (1991): The Empress of the Blues -- and jazz?

...as diverse as Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Billie Holiday and Count Basie for Columbia – embarked...

Tagged with: bessie smith | chicago blues |

Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1677/bessie-smith-profiled-1991-the-empress-of-the-blues-and-jazz/

BOB DYLAN: HIS THEME TIME RADIO HOUR (2011): What's the frequency, Bobby?

...Rich, Memphis Minnie, the Stanley Brothers, Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Alton Ellis, Louis Jordan,...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4495/bob-dylan-his-theme-time-radio-hour-2011-whats-the-frequency-bobby/

Tony Scott: Music for Zen Meditation (1964)

...He'd played with Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday in the Fifties by by the end of that decade...

Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/8331/tony-scott-music-for-zen-meditation-1964/

CECILE McLORIN SALVANT REVIEWED (2018): Rare, gifted and jazz

...to the effect that when writers described Billie Holiday's voice as like an instrument they overlooked... ...diverse tradition which embraces Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington and Dakota Staton, among...

Live reviews + concert photos: livereviews/8353/cecile-mclorin-salvant-reviewed-2018-rare-gifted-and-jazz/

BERNARD STOLLMAN INTERVIEWED (2013): Lawman with ESP for new music

...brought to her – the Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday estates – so without any real depth of...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5684/bernard-stollman-interviewed-2013-lawman-with-esp-for-new-music/

RECOMMENDED REISSUE: Mal Waldron; Free At Last (ECM 2xLP/CD/digital)

...didn't know at the time he'd also played with Billie Holiday and many others, and nor did I realise that...

Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/9365/recommended-reissue-mal-waldron-free-at-last-ecm-2xlp-cd-digital/

NORAH JONES INTERVIEWED (2002 and 2003) AND ALBUM REVIEWS: Great Expectations -- and then some

...piano performance.She listened to her mum's Billie Holiday and Aretha Franklin albums, played regular... ...alto sax and treated herself with her mum's Billie Holiday albums.She attended the same high school in... ...the territory between a polished smooth Billie Holiday or Nina Simone, and a more seductively breathy...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/482/norah-jones-interviewed-2002-and-2003-and-album-reviews-great-expectations-and-then-some/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2011 Lucinda Williams: Blessed (Lost Highway)

...bluesy Born to be Loved which you'd wish Billie Holiday were alive to sing ("you weren't born to...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3947/best-of-elsewhere-2011-lucinda-williams-blessed-lost-highway/

EILEN JEWELL INTERVIEWED (2016): Bringing it all back home

...the name that comes to me immediately is Billie Holiday. I could imagine a country-raised Billie... ...that honestly comes from listening to a lot of Billie Holiday, so you are spot on. She was an early... ...like, as a teenager maybe. It was a lot of Billie Holiday and I didn't discover any love of country... ...But prior to college my early influences were Billie Holiday and Bob Dylan, and also the oldies radio...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7369/eilen-jewell-interviewed-2016-bringing-it-all-back-home/

OUT FROM THE UNDERGROUND (2024): Steve Wynn far beyond the paisley years

...Moonglows' Sincerely, Errol Garner's Misty and Billie Holiday's Love For Sale, which shaped jazz, blues and...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/11252/out-from-the-underground-2024-steve-wynn-far-beyond-the-paisley-years/

U2, ACHTUNG BABY TURNS 20 (2011): The handbrake turn

...Dylan's All Along the Watchtower, a tribute to Billie Holiday in Angel of Harlem), hooking into a mythical...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4527/u2-achtung-baby-turns-20-2011-the-handbrake-turn/

Suzanne Vega: Solitude Standing

.... . . everything from Joy Division through Billie Holiday to Miles Davis and Motorhead. It's an...

Hi-Fi Vinyl: hifivinyl/8372/suzanne-vega-solitude-standing/

Paloma Faith: Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? (Sony)

...Naturally she (or her people) say she draws on Billie Holiday (bullshit), Edith Piaf (ditto), Etta James... ...markedly better if really did owe a debt to Billie Holiday et al. But there are a lot of very good and...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2596/paloma-faith-do-you-want-the-truth-or-something-beautiful-sony/

Rokia Traore: Tchamantche (Lateral Note/Southbound)

...approach to songwriting. She's toured a Billie Holiday show in the States and written in what might...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/2401/rokia-traore-tchamantche-lateral-note-southbound/

ROBERT WYATT IN CUCKOOLAND (2003): A man, his muse and his music

...(in a good way), and his covers have included Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit, the Thelonious Monk jazz...

Tagged with: brian eno | david gilmour | elvis costello | paul weller |

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2324/robert-wyatt-in-cuckooland-2003-a-man-his-muse-and-his-music/

Lizz Wright: The Orchard (Verve)

...who sing with an ache are hailed as the new Billie Holiday (Corinne Bailey Rae? Gimme a break!) but for...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1540/lizz-wright-the-orchard-verve/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: Abraham Kunin

...Be Seeing You - Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain (Billie Holiday version) I’m on Fire- Bruce Springsteen...

Tagged with: songwriter on songwriting |

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ORNETTE COLEMAN, DAVE BRUBECK AND ME: A Song For Guy

...Or when Dexter Gordon accompanied the dying Billie Holiday, his former lover, in one of her last...

Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/352/ornette-coleman-dave-brubeck-and-me-a-song-for-guy/

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE, a documentary series by TONY PALMER (Isolde/Southbound DVD)

...and Marlene Dietrich . . . Here is footage of Billie Holiday, Memphis Slim and Woody Herman; Bing Crosby... ...could be described as the man who discovered Billie Holiday and Bob Dylan (but not Springsteen because he...

Film at Elsewhere: film/3211/all-you-need-is-love-a-documentary-series-by-tony-palmer-isolde-southbound-dvd/

Dinah Washington: Embraceable You (1946)

...in 2004 . . which won him his first Grammy. Billie Holiday's version from '44 was acknowledged by the... ...orchestra and while it is a shiver short of Billie Holiday's version it is still a fine reading by one of...

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Hancock, Carter, Williams, McFerrin: Chan's Song, Never Said (1986)

...It isn't all good – Lonette McKee as the Billie Holiday cipher is almost superfluous and for some...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/10373/hancock-carter-williams-mcferrin-chans-song-never-said-1986/

Ayo: Joyful (Polydor)

...has drawn comparisons with Tracy Chapman and Billie Holiday. There is a fragile quality to her vocals but...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/1177/ayo-joyful-polydor/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Jess Chambers

...(And your most recent downloads include . . . Billie Holiday on vinyl and Jenny Lewis' Acid Tongue download...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/4460/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-jess-chambers/

RECOMMENDED REISSUE: Gil Scott-Heron; The Revolution Will Not Be Televised . . . Plus (Flying Dutchman/Border)

...of how the music and experiences of Billie Holiday and John Coltrane could work as a salve in...

Music at Elsewhere: music/8139/recommended-reissue-gil-scott-heron-the-revolution-will-not-be-televised-plus-flying-dutchman-border/

DIANA KRALL INTERVIEWED (2000): Blonde ambition

...with the jazz tradition by telling stories of Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan, with whom he'd worked. From...

Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2327/diana-krall-interviewed-2000-blonde-ambition/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE HIGHLY PERSONAL QUESTIONNAIRE: Aly Cook

...night jazz by Andrew Leishman (RIP) to sing Billie Holiday, Coco Taylor and Ella Fitzgerald songs. Ever...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/9093/the-famous-elsewhere-highly-personal-questionnaire-aly-cook/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Charlotte Ivey and Harley Williams of The Tiny Lies

...‘I’m going in’. Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’....

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DIANA ROSS, COMING OUT IN '80: From soul-pop princess to Chic dancefloor diva

...effectively wiped out how good she had been as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues six years previous...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4663/diana-ross-coming-out-in-80-from-soul-pop-princess-to-chic-dancefloor-diva/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: David Long

...noises) David Hildago Riki Gooch Holger Czukay Billie Holiday And finally, is there a track on your most...

Tagged with: new zealand jazz | new zealand music |

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/6951/the-famous-elsewhere-jazz-questionnaire-david-long/

ONE WE MISSED: Grant Haua: Mana Blues (digital outlets)

...him closer to Bob Seger hitched to Hendrix (Billie Holiday), songs which would appeal the Aerosmith fans...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/11005/one-we-missed-grant-haua-mana-blues-digital-outlets/

Cat Power: Jukebox (Matador)

...exclusively associated with Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday. But she pulls most of these songs off and...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1455/cat-power-jukebox-matador/

Whirimako Black: The Late Night Plays (Ode)

...(Lover Man and At Last long associated with Billie Holiday), contemporary classics (Joni Mitchell's Both...

Tagged with: maisey rika | moana | moana and the tribe | whirimako black |

Music at Elsewhere: music/4465/whirimako-black-the-late-night-plays-ode/

JAZZ: A FILM by KEN BURNS (DVD): The never-ending story

...mediocre into great art". Her name was Billie Holiday and the final images of her are steeped in...

Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2340/jazz-a-film-by-ken-burns-dvd-the-never-ending-story/

Beth Hart: War in My Mind (Provogue/digital outlets)

...the raw power of Janis Joplin and the soul of Billie Holiday, was grateful for still being around after...

Music at Elsewhere: music/9145/beth-hart-war-in-my-mind-provogue-digital-outlets/

Larry Jon Wilson; Larry Jon Wilson (1965 Records)

...Columbia (the one who signed up Bob Dylan and Billie Holiday) considered Wilson the most exciting thing...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1815/larry-jon-wilson-larry-jon-wilson-1965-records/

Nina Simone: At Town Hall/The Amazing Nina Simone (Jackpot/Southbound)

...That Town Hall album goes out with her take on Billie Holiday's Fine and Mellow, these last two an...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3545/nina-simone-at-town-hall-the-amazing-nina-simone-jackpot-southbound/

Various Artists: Head Over High Heels; Strong and Female 1927-59 (Trikont/Yellow Eye)

...Sophie Tucker, the sassy Mae West, Kay Starr, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Josephine Baker, Rita Hayworth and...

Tagged with: from the vaults | loud, fast and out of control | sinister sons and dangerous daughters |

Music at Elsewhere: music/3515/various-artists-head-over-high-heels-strong-and-female-1927-59-trikont-yellow-eye/

AROOJ AFTAB, INTERVIEWED (2024): Music from and for the soul

...away from what I'd known. “Then I found Billie Holiday, Ella [Fitzgerald] and Nina [Simone]. All the...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/11011/arooj-aftab-interviewed-2024-music-from-and-for-the-soul/

Ian Morris: a and b the c of d

...Yet only an ice-cold heart could hear Billie Holiday's string-soaked Lady in Satin– a...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/9617/ian-morris-a-and-b-the-c-of-d/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Carolina Moon

...at home? I have a pair of earings found in Billie Holiday’s hotel room after she’d left...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/3992/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-carolina-moon/

Katia Guerreiro; Tudo ou Nada (Le Chant du Monde) BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2006

...or tears straight at the heartstrings like Billie Holiday (albeit in a language most of us don't...

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World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/866/katia-guerreiro-tudo-ou-nada-le-chant-du-monde-best-of-elsewhere-2006/

SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS; THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF SONNY ROLLINS by AIDAN LEVY

...Hall on a bill which included old friends Billie Holiday, Monk, John Coltrane (11th in the Downbeat...

Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/11394/saxophone-colossus-the-life-and-music-of-sonny-rollins-by-aidan-levy/

FIVE, AND MORE, INFLUENTIAL BLUES ARTISTS (2020): Woke up this mornin'

...Nobody Knows You When You Are Down and Out Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit (about lynchings in the South)...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/7653/five-and-more-influential-blues-artists-2020-woke-up-this-mornin/

JANIS JOPLIN CONSIDERED (2011): Singing out the painful sparks within

...“I felt there was an honesty there. Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin -- they are so subtle. They...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/2167/janis-joplin-considered-2011-singing-out-the-painful-sparks-within/

SPOTTED ON SPOTIFY: An endless stream of music

...Lil B . . . Cyndi Lauper to Edith Piaf? Easy. Billie Holiday to the Boswell Sisters (1925-36)? Click of a...

Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/4957/spotted-on-spotify-an-endless-stream-of-music/

CHARLES MINGUS RE-DISCOVERED, AGAIN (2018): The black saint of jazz past, and in the present

...those like Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and Charles Mingus who are always respected...

Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/8668/charles-mingus-re-discovered-again-2018-the-black-saint-of-jazz-past-and-in-the-present/

Solomon King: Happy Again (1968)

...Cantor, then taken up opera, had toured with Billie Holiday at her invitation, and sung with Elvis'...

Tagged with: from the vaults | scott walker | solomon king |

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3106/solomon-king-happy-again-1968/

GUEST RADIO HOST GRAHAM DONLON offers his 101 classic albums

...Monk – Live At the Five Spot 76. Billie Holiday – Greatest Hits (Decca recordings) 77....

Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/6452/guest-radio-host-graham-donlon-offers-his-101-classic-albums/

LOUIS ARMSTRONG. THE COMPLETE TOWN HALL CONCERT (1947): The Brother Bob of jazz?

...after and which featured Armstrong, Kid Ory, Billie Holiday and others – put him back as a center of...

The Album Considered: albumconsidered/10042/louis-armstrong-the-complete-town-hall-concert-1947-the-brother-bob-of-jazz/

BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB in concert, review: Music, myth and marketing in Melbourne (2001)

...belts out ballads or her Latin take on Billie Holiday's Lover Man.It is an extraordinary night of...

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World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/488/buena-vista-social-club-in-concert-review-music-myth-and-marketing-in-melbourne-2001/

RAY BROWN, SUPERBASS (1926-2002): A talent beyond words

...52nd Street and saw Errol Garner, Art Tatum, Billie Holiday and Coleman Hawkins. He met pianist Hank Jones...

Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/3087/ray-brown-superbass-1926-2002-a-talent-beyond-words/

June Christy: Something Cool (1955)

...company as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday. One such champion was the British jazz writer...

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Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/7813/june-christy-something-cool-1955/

THELONIOUS MONK AND JOHN COLTRANE IN 1957: Genius loves company

...the extraordinary bill at Carnegie Hall were Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Chet Baker and...

Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2302/thelonious-monk-and-john-coltrane-in-1957-genius-loves-company/

Chris Clark: I Want To Go Back There Again (1967)

...Sings the Blues (in which Diana Ross plays Billie Holiday) and was nominated for an Oscar, and in the...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/5042/chris-clark-i-want-to-go-back-there-again-1967/

Lyn Stanley: London Calling; A Toast to Julie London (CD Baby)

...slightly steamy singer, longtime admirer of Billie Holiday and her ability to sell a lyric, she had a...

Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/8869/lyn-stanley-london-calling-a-toast-to-julie-london-cd-baby/

Aretha Franklin: This Bitter Earth (1964)

...considered hers to be the greatest voice since Billie Holiday (whom he'd also signed). This song writen and...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/6760/aretha-franklin-this-bitter-earth-1964/

IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases

...of Janis Joplin or the fragile emotions of a Billie Holiday, Hart is a rare one in the landscape of rock...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7675/in-brief-a-quick-overview-of-some-recent-international-releases/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . MUTT CAREY: Go north, young man

...the 1947 film New Orleans alongside Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman and many others. It was a last,...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/10049/we-need-to-talk-about-mutt-carey-go-north-young-man/

Karen Dalton: In My Own Time (Light in the Attic/Global Routes)

...of that she is considered by many to be the Billie Holiday of the folk world. She certainly punished...

Music at Elsewhere: music/985/karen-dalton-in-my-own-time-light-in-the-attic-global-routes/

THE QUIET DRAMA OF BARK PSYCHOSIS (2017): The spell and the curse of the Hex

...pure pop, this time it's a rock guitar, now Billie Holiday's God Bless the Child . . . At a pinch, but...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8092/the-quiet-drama-of-bark-psychosis-2017-the-spell-and-the-curse-of-the-hex/

AMY WINEHOUSE: THE BIOGRAPHY 1983-2011 by CHAS NEWKEY-BURDEN

...was too talented to go from us so soon. Billie Holiday, whom many mentioned in the same breath, at...

Tagged with: from the vaults | writing in elsewhere |

Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/4366/amy-winehouse-the-biography-1983-2011-by-chas-newkey-burden/

LED ZEPPELIN REVISITED, PART ONE (2014): How many more times?

...points. With regard to critics who wrote that Billie Holiday used her voice like an instrument he said that...

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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6395/led-zeppelin-revisited-part-one-2014-how-many-more-times/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . PATTY WATERS' ALBUM, SINGS: It's black then gets blackblackblack

...for the big city, Waters had studied her Billie Holiday but also darkly poetic standards . . and was...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/9907/we-need-to-talk-about-patty-waters-album-sings-its-black-then-gets-blackblackblack/

ETTA JAMES REMEMBERED (2012): A lady not for turning

...to be some missteps – the woman who sang Billie Holiday also did the 12 Songs of Christmas album,...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4927/etta-james-remembered-2012-a-lady-not-for-turning/

Rokia Traore, Ne So (Nonesuch)

...of Strange Fruit, the ballad made famous by Billie Holiday (on a previous album she sang The Man I Love,...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/7414/rokia-traore-ne-so-nonesuch/

Arthur Russell: Love is Overtaking Me (Rough Trade)

...John Hammond -- yes, the same one who signed Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan and Springsteen -- was a big fan...

Tagged with: arthur russell | lou reed | lou reid | rough trade |

Music at Elsewhere: music/2033/arthur-russell-love-is-overtaking-me-rough-trade/

Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa: Don't Explain (J&R Adventures)

...Go Blind, Something's Gotta a Hold on Me), Billie Holiday and closes with the tear-stained Ain't No Way...

Tagged with: bessie smith | chicago blues | etta james | koko taylor |

Music at Elsewhere: music/4537/beth-hart-and-joe-bonamassa-dont-explain-jandr-adventures/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Kristin Berardi and Rafael Karlen of Berardi/Foran/Karlen

...(filmed) live version of Fine and Mellow by Billie Holiday featuring Count Basie, Lester Young, Gerry...

The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/8385/the-famous-elsewhere-jazz-questionnaire-kristin-berardi-and-rafael-karlen-of-berardi-foran-karlen/

MOTOWN, THE FIRST TWO DECADES: There's a place in the sun

...a best Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Billie Holiday in Lady Sings The Blues. 1974 - 75: The start...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2811/motown-the-first-two-decades-theres-a-place-in-the-sun/

Mamaku: Twigs of Gold (mamakuproject.com)

...Larkin once observed how people wrote about Billie Holiday using a cliche: "This was before Lady Day...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/6091/mamaku-twigs-of-gold-mamakuprojectcom/

KAREN DALTON: IN MY OWN TIME a doco by ROBERT YAPKOWITZ and RICHARD PEETE

...in his Chronicles she had a “voice like Billie Holiday’s and played the guitar like Jimmy Reed... ...and blues as well as songs by Woody Guthrie, Billie Holiday (she covered God Bless the Child), Tim Hardin,...

Film at Elsewhere: film/10078/karen-dalton-in-my-own-time-a-doco-by-robert-yapkowitz-and-richard-peete/

Joan Osborne: Taking qawwali to the kids

...a beer-fuelled dare and got up and sang some Billie Holiday. As the driver suggested they get on the road...

My Back Pages: mybackpages/782/joan-osborne-taking-qawwali-to-the-kids/

DANCING BETWEEN THE NOTES by JOHN FENTON

...Me Now.” He writes lovely lines about Billie Holiday also, her All of Me heard amidst the noise of...

Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/8554/dancing-between-the-notes-by-john-fenton/

BOB DYLAN and ERIC CLAPTON TODAY (2016): Older than yesterday

...and was famously sung by both Bing Crosby and Billie Holiday in the Forties. Here it sounds very much like...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7487/bob-dylan-and-eric-clapton-today-2016-older-than-yesterday/

THE VERVE LABEL: Fifty-plus years, and what's the forecast?

...(some with Jobim) and their catalogue of Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker, the 20th century would...

Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/3994/the-verve-label-fifty-plus-years-and-whats-the-forecast/

Karen Dalton: God Bless the Child (1966)

...there are also songs by Ma Rainey and this, Billie Holiday's famous God Bless the Child. In Chronicles,...

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4879/karen-dalton-god-bless-the-child-1966/

Frank Sinatra: In the Wee Small Hours (1955)

...vocalist to emerge in pop or jazz since Billie Holiday". Sinatra took on these songs right from... ...When Your Lover Has Gone in his sets; and Billie Holiday repayed the compliment of him borrowing from...

Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/2827/frank-sinatra-in-the-wee-small-hours-1955/

WOMAD TARANAKI 2014: Under starter's orders

...and she will bring all that – plus some Billie Holiday comparisons – when she performs. Umm,...

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World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/6184/womad-taranaki-2014-under-starters-orders/

GERRY MULLIGAN. IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, JOIN 'EM, CONSIDERED (1965): Through the smoke rings of his mind . . .

...had played with Davis, Chet Baker, Ellington, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk and more jazz and blues...

The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9874/gerry-mulligan-if-you-cant-beat-em-join-em-considered-1965-through-the-smoke-rings-of-his-mind/

Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs (2000)

...Rodgers and Hart, the movie Seven, Fellini, Billie Holiday). Sometimes you get the impression songs have...

Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/831/magnetic-fields-69-love-songs-2000/

Over the Rhine: The Long Surrender (GDS)

...has seldom sounded so assured and hints at Billie Holiday (the rather too wordy Infamous Love Song) as...

Music at Elsewhere: music/4052/over-the-rhine-the-long-surrender-gds/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . GLOOMY SUNDAY: Death by Hungarian music

...(and he died just 30 years later). Tragically Billie Holiday and Ray Charles sang it (They both died,... ...10 new treatments by courageous artists plus Billie Holiday's original version from '41 (and we remind...

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U2: Achtung Baby (1991); Zooropa (1993)

...in Sun Studios), gospel (Angel of Harlem about Billie Holiday), blues (with BB King) and country music....

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Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/2151/u2-achtung-baby-1991-zooropa-1993/

Mary Coughlan: House of Ill Repute (Shock)

...of a rare singer -- and those comparison with Billie Holiday aren't fatuous. Especially when she can also...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2054/mary-coughlan-house-of-ill-repute-shock/

Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse: Body and Soul (2011)

Yes, March this year doesn't seem to be digging too far back in the vaults . . . and maybe even that notion of "vaults" might seem a little distasteful to some given Amy Winehouse dying so r

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4482/tony-bennett-and-amy-winehouse-body-and-soul-2011/

Amy Winehouse: Frank Deluxe (Island)

Her life might the equivalent of a pub brawl (indeed sometimes it is, literally), but then again some seminal singers didn't always live a quiet life in the suburbs. What Winehouse's court appearances

Music at Elsewhere: music/1610/amy-winehouse-frank-deluxe-island/

Aretha Franklin: Don't Play That Song For Me (1970)

It's a well established fact that some songs write themselves into our autobiographies: we remember our first love by our favourite song, can be taken back to exactly where we were and who we were wit

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/2864/aretha-franklin-dont-play-that-song-for-me-1970/

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