A four-alarm fire on Wednesday evening severely damaged a building in Harlem where the jazz legend Billie Holiday once lived.

Brooklyn poet Shanelle Gabriel will host a star-studded evening featuring R&B singer Lydia Caesar. The Billie Holiday Theatre ...

The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards was brought up in a musical household with his mother playing Billie Holiday, and he once named his favourite album.

Jazz singer Billie Holiday vs the US Government?! Her song Strange Fruit written by Abel Meeropol about the treatment of ...

In this episode of CuriosiD, WDET's Madison Ganzak explores whether younger generations can truly appreciate that 'Old Time Rock & Roll." ...

What is considered the most sombre song ever recorded? Orchestrated by Rezső Seress in 1933 and covered by Billie Holiday, this song is considered the most depressing ever committed to record ...

Yes, Gloomy Sunday has been covered by numerous artists over the years, but the most famous and influential version came from jazz legend Billie Holiday in 1941. Her haunting rendition ...

Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites ...

In the early 1970s, Berry Gordy decided to take Motown to Hollywood, and he made a gamble on the first film he put the label's money behind.

Despite this, Philadelphia has given us its fair share of heavy hitters. Some of the most iconic acts from the City of ...