Click here to View: The story behind Billie Holiday‘s “Strange Fruit” on YouTube.
Click here to read or listen to The Strange Story Of The Man Behind ‘Strange Fruit’ by Elizabeth Blair from NPR on September 5, 2012.
One of Billie Holiday’s most iconic songs is “Strange Fruit,” a haunting protest against the inhumanity of racism. Many people know that the man who wrote the song was inspired by a photograph of a lynching. But they might not realize that he’s also tied to another watershed moment in America’s history.
Click here to read “Music of the Unquiet Mind” by Margaret Leng Tan from The New York Times on September 1, 2012.
Margaret Leng Tan is a pianist who specializes in the interpretation and performance of the works of John Cage. She will perform “Four Walls” on Sept. 8 at the Smithsonian Institution’s Freer Gallery of Art as part of the John Cage Centennial Festival in Washington. More of her work can be found at her Web site, margaretlengtan.com.
Click Here to Listen to: Do Re Mi by Woody Guthrie on YouTube.
