Billie Holiday

Sit Back For A Soulful Evening

fea | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Women's History Month, Wright Museum, Video, Billie Holiday, Monica Blaire, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit Around Town, Detroit Music, Miriam Makeba, Nina Simone, Linda Boston, Charles H. Wright Museum, Slidepollajax, L'Renee, Detroit News

With Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin's birthday coming up this Sunday, the time is ripe to honor standout African-American women vocalists from the last...

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John Mayer & Martin Guitar: Chats With Chris Martin & Fred Greene, Plus Chatting With Alyssa Graham (Video Exclusives)

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Jesse Harris, Merle Haggard, Neil Young, Joan Baez, The Kinks, The Avett Brothers, John Mayer, The Beatles, Keefus Ciancia, Serge Gainsbourg, Bryan McCann, Seth Avett, Joao Gilberto, David Piltch, Michael Jerome, Meshell Ndegeocello, Chris Martin, Steven Elliot, Leave It to Beaver, Billie Holiday, Jane Birkin, Nick Drake, Doug Graham, Alyssa Graham, Chris Bruce, Carole King, Bob Dylan, Chet Baker, David Garza, The Mamas & the Papas, Martin Guitar, Francoise Hardy, Craig Street, Greg Gold, Video, Entertainment News

Here Fred Greene goes into Martin's new John Mayer Signature Guitar and explains what it is that separates it from all others.

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Antony Bitar's Holiday Download, Chatting with Gary Clark Jr. and Macedo, Plus a James Mee Anthem

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Andrew Oedel, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Albert King, Billie Holiday, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Esperanza Spalding, Muddy Waters, Fred Kevorkian, The Supremes, Rilo Kiley?S Jenny Lewis, Radiohead, Sia, Real Housewives of New Jersey, Regina Spektor, Diana Ross, Anton Bitar, Stevie Wonder, Melissa Macedo, Feist, Rolling Stone, Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Guy, Joni Mitchell, Susan Tedeschi, Nils Montan, Michelle Macedo, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Jackson 5, Gary Clark Jr., Video, Zero7, Macedo, Entertainment News

Antony Bitar released his self-titled debut album in September, and his rendition of the Christmas classic "Silent Night" is a special gift that Antony is giving to Huffington Post readers for the holidays.

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Inspiration -- Old & New

Juanita MORE! | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Billie Holiday, Bevan Dufty, San Francisco Mayor Race, Larkin-St-Youth-Services, San Francisco Mayor, San Francisco Politics, Endorsements, San Francisco News

Inspiration can be found amongst those whom we encounter in our own lives. Bevan Dufty is one such individual, someone who I have been fortunate to call a friend and inspiration for many years.

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First Nighter: The Great Barbara Carroll Even Greater at the Algonquin's Oak Room

David Finkle | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Tony Bennett, Caroline Leigh, Billie Holiday, Barbara Carroll, Joe Bushkin, Worcester, Bobby Short, Massachusetts, Leonard Bernstein, Leo Robin, Stephen Sondheim, The Oak Room at the Algonquin, Ralph Burns, Dorothy Parker, Jay Leonhart, The Downbeat, Billy Strayhorn, Jerome Kern, Lorenz Hart, Cy Coleman, Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Rodgers, Woody Herman, Vernon Duke, George Gershwin, The Embers, Road Show, Entertainment News

In her mid-80s, Barbara Carroll's still doing what she does best and what few others even begin to do as well as. Nowadays she does it more regularly at the Oak Room, where management is wise enough to turn the paneled room over to her every Sunday brunch.

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Everything, Everytime, Everywhere, Mayhem and Beyond: Chatting with Imelda May, Trevor Hall and Motopony

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Peter Asher, Buddy Holly, Blue Fish, Imelda May, Nigel Ledgerwood, Two Fish, Colbie Caillat, Conan O'Brien, The Beatles, Patsy Cline, The Clash, Darrel Higham, Fleet Foxes, Nicole Kidman, Craig Ferguson, Mtv, Subway Fresh Buzz, Swami Vivekananda, Les Paul, Matisyahu, One Fish, Billie Holiday, Dr. Suess, Mary J. Blige, Jeff Beck, Alice Cooper, The Jonas Brothers, Dr. John, Red Fish, Ryan Peterson, Jimmy Cliff, Shareen Anderson, Jay Leno, Gene Vincent, Michael Franti, Pink, Quentin Tarantino, Eddie Cochran, Jimi Hendrix, Motopony, Bumbershoot, Entertainment News

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Return To Return To Forever: Chatting With Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, Plus John Common and Author Dr. Tony Youn

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Scrubs, Sarah Vaughn, Return to Forever, Tina Turner, Thelonius Monk, What's Love Got to Do With It: The Tina Turner Story, James Taylor, Stan Getz, David Sedaris, Publisher's Weekly, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jason and the Scorchers, Chaka Khan, Lenny White, Romeo Must Die, Chick Corea, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Henderson, The Velvet Underground, Horace Cilver, Billy Connors, Billie Holiday, Kiss, John Common, Daniel Lanois, Ornette Coleman, Blue Mitchell, The Transporter, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Flora Purim, Leonard Cohen, Dr. Tony Youn, Rachel Ray, Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio, The Replacements, Art Blakey, Stanley Clarke, Steve Earle, Neil Young, Joe Farrell, Airto Moreira, Miles Davis, Pee Wee?S Playhouse, The Beatles, The Clash, John Coltrane, Al Di Meola, The CBS Early Show, Charles Mingus, Rock of Ages, Boyz in the Hood, Jackie McLean, Sonny Rollins, John Singleton, Jet Li, Genesis, Bob Dylan, The Cars, Tom Waits, Jean-Luc Ponty, Chet Baker, The Doors, Bill Evans, Jackson Browne, Steve Gadd, Barry Manilow, R.E.M., Jimi Hendrix, Entertainment News

Chick Corea's new album, Forever, is a two-disc set, with the first disc being acoustic, and the second disc with a full band and guests. For the first disc, I asked him if it was a return to Return To Forever.

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Women Who Rock: LA Stories from the Rock Hall of Fame's New Show

S.X. Rosenstock | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Jack White, Stevie Nicks, Billie Holiday, The B-52's, Britney Spears, Meg White, Buddy Holly, Mother Maybelle Carter, Mahalia Jackson, Phil Spector, The Supremes, Madonna, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Wanda Jackson, Ma Rainey, Elvis Presley, Amy Winehouse, Grace Slick, Darlene Love, Terry Stewart, The Pixies, Bessie Smith, Ellie Greenwich, Lauren Onkey, Adele, Little Richard, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Shindig, Bruce Springsteen, David Letterman, Meredith Rutledge, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Los Angeles News

Wanda Jackson and Darlene Love are game-changers that allowed fans to reckon the authorship of the rock and roll genre with new clarity.

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Dog Ears Music: Born in April Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Debbie Reynolds, Billie Holiday, John Oates (With Daryl Hall), Muddy Waters, Serge Gainsbourg (With Brigitte Bardot), Mark Volman (the Turtles), Merle Haggard, Elmer Bernstein, Danielle Evin, Music, Glen Campbell, Emmylou Harris (With Mark Knopfler), Larry Ramos (the Association), mp3s, Jimmy Cliff, Miklós Rózsa, Ann-Margret (With Elvis Presley), Vincent Gallo, Phil Ramone, Peter Frampton, Little Brother Montgomery, Loretta Lynn, Dog Ears, Marvin Gaye, Hugh Masekela, Entertainment News

This week, we feature music by Serge Gainsbourg, Marvin Gaye, Billie Holiday, Ann-Margret and more.

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Catching up With Diane Reeves: Jazz's Leading Lady at "Jazz at Lincoln Center"

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Evening Primrose, Billy Childs, Jazz, Billie Holiday, Stephen Sondheim, Duke Ellington, Dianne Reeves, Arts News

The best way I can describe Dianne Reeves to those who haven't yet seen her is to cast her in the role of a shaman -- with her noble bearing, it's as if she might have been sent here to heal us.

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HuffPost Review: Michael Jackson's Vision, Plus A Conversation With Brazilian Sensation Bebel Gilberto

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, The Jacksons, Magic Johnson, Julianna Neves, Bebel Gilberto, Prince, Eat Pray Love, Closer, Martin Scorsese, Gal Costa, Vincent Price, Bjork, George Wendt, Steven Spielberg, The Mills Brothers, Lisa Marie Presley, Gilberto Gil, David Francis, Ella Fitzgerald, Joao Gilberto, The Jackson 5, Entourage, Iman, Billie Holiday, Sex in the City, Bossa Nova, Simon & Garfunkel, John Travolta, Chris Tucker, Paul McCartney, Naomi Campbell, Nip/Tuck, Amoeba Records, Michael Jordan, Eddie Murphy, Kings of Convenience, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Marlon Brando, Macaulay Culkin, Lionel Hampton, Carlinhos Brown, Wesley Snipes, Miucha, Sadé, Entertainment News

This 35-track, triple disc DVD collection is such an important and significant pop-culture package that it might scare your unsuspecting holiday recipient into thinking you're saying something more than merely Happy Whatever.

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Life Is Good: Conversations With Jason Mraz and Alexa Ray Joel, Plus Alexa's New Video "Notice Me"

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Billie Holiday, Jason Mraz, Brett Dennen, Rosie O'Donnell, Bert Jacobs, Howard Stern, Billy Joel, Gwen Stefani, Alexa Ray Joel, Aladdin, Whitney Houston, Blondie, George Carlin, Christie Brinkley, Ray Charles, Solar Power, Prell, Entertainment News

In an interview, Mraz said, "What am I up to? All kinds of things. I'm in the middle of making a record. Basically, what my life is all about is that search for inspiration. It's spirituality, art, and freedom."

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JAZZ MUSIC: Coveted And Savory Collection Snagged By National Jazz Museum

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Jazz, Harlem National Jazz Museum, Musicians, Jazz Music, Benny Goodman, Arts News

This year the National Jazz Museum in Harlem acquired the entire set of nearly 1,000 discs, made at the height of the swing era, and has begun digitiz...

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The Satin Sound of Johnny Mercer

Debra Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harold Arlen, Duke Ellington, Bruce Ricker, Tony Bennett, Clint Eastwood, Billie Holiday, Jazz, The Dream's on Me, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Nat Cole, Arts News

While I was recovering from knee surgery, my pal S.V. brought me recuperation DVDs -- among them "The Dream's On Me," Bruce Ricker's film homage to lyricist/composer Johnny Mercer.

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Lynching Reference on Cover of New Orleans Music Magazine Brings Anger and Outrage

Jordan Flaherty | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Strange Fruit, New Orleans, Racial Politics, Offbeat Magazine, Racism, Billie Holiday, Lynching, Politics News

OffBeat Magazine is a monthly print publication based in New Orleans. They claim a circulation of 40,000, mostly through free distribution in bars, st...

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"Another Park, Another Sunday": A Super Bowl Sunday Playlist

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jay & the Americans, Countin Crows, Billie Holiday, The Commodores, Neil Diamond, Green Day, Keith Urban, Blur, Johnny Cash, Queen, Velvet Underground, Nancy Sinatra, Super Bowl, Vanessa Paradis, Small Faces, Blondie, U2, No Doubt, The Lonely Island, Joe Jackson, The Doobie Brothers, The Monkees, Curt Smith, The Young Rascals, Joni Mitchell, Frank Sinatra, The Clique, Daniel Boone, Robert Lamm, Chris Parnell, Morrissey, Sports News

You better you bet that The Who will have halftime covered pretty well this Sunday, especially with the great Zak Starkey on drums. So here's a special Sunday playlist to help kickoff some alternative entertainment.

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Field Notes From a Songwriter's Centennial

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glenn Miller, Beatles, Billie Holiday, Louis Prima, Johnny Mercer, George Martin, Bob Dylan, Ebb Tide, It's All in the Game, Monty Python, Entertainment News

My dad's biggest hit -- "It's All In The Game" -- began as classical violin solo composed by Charles Dawes, making it the only No. 1 song to have been co-written by a vice president of the United States.

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Nine Questions for Madeleine Peyroux

Michael Bialas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Singer-Songwriter, Festival, Jazz, Music, Madeleine Peyroux, Concert, Folks Festival, Colorado, Billie Holiday, Steely Dan, Jazz Music, Bob Dylan, Patsy-Cline, Bessie-Smith, Joni Mitchell, Paris-France, Hank Williams, Entertainment News

Born in Athens, Georgia, Peyroux spent her teen years in Paris, where she developed a love for jazz. But there are no musical boundaries for Peyroux.

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Pharmaceutical Drug Pushers Lead to National Overdose

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Children, Woody Allen, Clinical Depression, Mother's Little Helper, Human Condition, Medicine Cabinets, Prozac, Ambien, Medications, Overdose, Faulty Diagnoses, Larry King, Campbell Soup, Bi-Polar, Nike, Coke, Psychotropic Drugs, Law and Order, Newsweek, Monet, Lincoln, Lipitor, Depression, Billie Holiday, Adhd, George Orwell, The New York Times, World War 2, Diagnoses, Pharmacies, Erection, Rodney Dangerfield, Pharmaceutical Industry, Victor Hugo, Priapism, Add, Lunesta, Beethoven, Botox, The Marx Brothers, Viagra, Vioxx, Insomnia, Painkillers, Valium, Zanax, Politics News

I only hope that some woman is lucky enough to be with a man who becomes afflicted with one side effect Viagra claims, a condition known as priapism, ...

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New Tunes On Monday: Elvis Costello, Marshall Crenshaw, eels, Alex Woodard, and Buckwheat Zydeco

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Lauderdale, Warren Hayes, Jim Keltner, Buckwheat Zydeco, Stanlet "Buckwheat Dural, San Diego, E, Warner Bros., Hombre Lobo, Parallel Worlds Parallel Lives, Mike Piersante, Lafayette, Music Row, Dan Bern, Memphis Minnie, Captain Beefheart, Jeff Taylor, Hans Christian Andersen, Doc Watson, Zydeco, Jr., Reggae, Marshall Crenshaw, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, Elvis Costello, Dennis Crouch, CD Baby, Detroit, Kansas Joe McCoy, Sir Reginald Master Durall, Chevrolet, Jerry Boys, Billie Holiday, Switchfoot, Pbs, Johnny Cash, Led Zeppelin, Diy, Olivier Scoazac, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Country Music, Kay Electric Guitar, Sara Watkins, Charlie Haden, Greg Leisz, Mark Oliver Everett, Jenny Lind, New Found Glory, American Idol, Hugh Everett, Mike Compton, New Music Weekly, Dobie Gray, New Orleans, Americana, Jason Mraz, Arlo Guthrie, Lee Allen Zeno, Los Lobos, Stuart Duncan, John Mellencamp, Eels, Cool G Murder, Sebastian Steinberg, Tony Millionaire, Nickel Creek, John Hiatt, Sonny Landreth, The Beatles, Cracker Barrel, Nashville, Bo Diddley, Jerry Douglas, P.T. Barnum, Joseph Darion, Kelly Ryan, JJ Grey, Nonesuch Records, Bing Crosby, Emil Richards, Dockside Studios, Alex Woodard, Bob Marley, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Wal-Mart, Louisiana, Kevin Menard, Chess Records, 420, The Roayl Danish Opera, Curtis Watson, Bob Dylan, Nova, Lawrence Coleman, Hammond B-3, Gin Blossoms, Jimmy Cliff, Fender Jazzmaster, Sound Emporium Studios, Emmylou Harris, Shawn Mullins, Steve Berlin, Billboard, T Bone Burnett, Matt Bair, Don Van Vilet, Loretta Lynn, Stewart Lerman, Bruce Springsteen, Knuckles, Wurlitzer, Entertainment News

You've heard Elvis Costello sing country music before, but not like this. The lad who gave us Almost Blue is quite mature and worldly wise now.

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Interview: Singer/Songwriter Lizzy Grant on Cheap Thrills, Elvis, The Flamingos, Trailer Parks, and Coney Island

Felicia C. Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lizzy Grant, Kill Kill, Coney Island, Music, American, American Flags, Las Vegas, Billie Holiday, Songs, Entertainment, Brooklyn, The Beach Boys, Roller Coasters, Beauty, New York, New York City, Pop Music, Rock Music, Interviews, Jazz, Cat Power, Beaches, Amusement Parks, Boardwalk, Singing, Coca Cola, Beach Boys, Aimee Mann, Nick Cave, Entertainment News

Lizzy Grant: I like things that go fast, things with bright colors, things that taste good. At Coney Island, you can get a Coca Cola, ride the roller coaster, and watch everybody.

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