David Margolick's release of his book 'Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Cafe Society, And An Early Cry For Civil Rights'; Hal Leonard Corp.'s acquisition of exclusive music print rights to the catalog of 51-year-old independent publisher TRO Music.Lichtman...
To great controversy, Lady Day introduced the world to the racially charged protest song "Strange Fruit." In the end, some believe it killed her.
But tonight, we have a surprise. Our camp staff is treated to about a gallon onraksi, the locally brewed rice liquor. In exchange, they'll put on a song and dance show for us. They gather in two rows, one seated, the other standing behind, with two of the men playing drums for ...
Some parts of the cottage were thought to be over a hundred and fifty years old. We also shared the garden with Miss Agar; it backed onto part of the old mill on the right and had a wall right at the bottom that overlooked an overgrown, and presumably unused, men’s urinal behind on...
Years later out in the real world – and his former profession behind him, the only work that Bob could find was, ironically, as a door-to-door salesman. “He used to con people into thinking that they had roaches and that they needed to buy his bug spray, to get rid of them”, ...