Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” is not just a song—it’s a chilling piece of American history set to music. When the jazz icon first performed this haunting ballad in 1939, audiences ...

"In this sad, shadowy song about lynching in the South, history's greatest jazz singer comes to terms with history itself". So Time magazine wrote in 1999 when they voted "Strange Fruit" the Song ...

Billie Holiday's voice remains one of the most unique talents the world of music ... songs to convey powerful and uncomfortable messages. This is particularly true for the song "Strange Fruit ...