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November 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Billie Holiday & The Sonhouse All Stars: BILLIE – The Original Soundtrack

Billie Holiday & The Sonhouse All Stars BILLIE: The Original Soundtrack Verve The story behind the just released new Billie Holiday documentary is nearly as interesting as the film itself. BILLIE was started in 1971 by a journalist interested in the background story. Holiday had died, nearly penniless 12 years earlier. She had, for a […]

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March 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 150

Billie Holiday, Fine and Mellow 1939 and 1944 (1979) I’m interested in these random compilations that turn up – if it’s an artist I love I’m curious about the compilations as well as the studio albums. And any readers of this blog will know I’m a big time Billie Holiday fan and on a kick […]

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April 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

José James: Yesterday I Had The Blues – The Music of Billie Holiday

José James Yesterday I Had The Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday Blue Note Of all the “100 Year” celebrations to honour Billie Holiday this felt the most necessary – a brave new voice taking on that wonderful music. Because, at the time, Billie Holiday was exactly that: a brave new voice taking on that […]