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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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November 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

On: Billie Holiday’s Voice

I was re-reading These Lives I Have Buried by Lindsay Rabbitt the other day, an excellent short book, an essay from the Four Winds Press series. And in and around stories of struggle and loss, heartache, pain, grit and soul there was a mention of Billie Holiday. An all but parenthetical mention – but I […]
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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 […]
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August 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Strange Leaves

hanging from the trees. no fruit no more. just leaves. all that is left are leaves. and the fruit was rotten to the core. so now there’s no more. no reminders – for sure; but no growth can come from nothing. strange breeze leaves just strange leaves. leave it be. now there’s nothing that we […]
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June 19, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Kanye West: Yeezus

Kanye West Yeezus Virgin Records He might think he’s Jesus – or bigger than – Yeezus even (whatever that actually is?) – but on New Slave you hear him boast that he’s bigger than his own race, presumably better too. He also, in saying it’s better to be a dick than a swallower, manages to […]
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