I usually don't care to get to know my musical 'faves'.....
But this article about a book about some pictures of Lady Day was mildly diverting. Though I have not really explored her work.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/billie-holiday-as-weve-rarely-seen-her-before/2017/05/10/57f950ca-2ac1-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html
That article lead to a short story in the New Yorker, written from the singer's point of view? read by the writer in this podcast
https://www.wnyc.org/widgets/ondemand_player/thenewyorker/#file=http://downloads.newyorker.com/mp3/170306_smith_audio.mp3
Interesting quote:
?You give it all away, it streams from you, like rivers rolling to the sea: love, music, money, smokes,? Smith writes. ?What you got, everybody wants ? and most days you let ?em have it.?
Perhaps I will try to find the energy to explore her work, after all.
But this article about a book about some pictures of Lady Day was mildly diverting. Though I have not really explored her work.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/billie-holiday-as-weve-rarely-seen-her-before/2017/05/10/57f950ca-2ac1-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html
That article lead to a short story in the New Yorker, written from the singer's point of view? read by the writer in this podcast
https://www.wnyc.org/widgets/ondemand_player/thenewyorker/#file=http://downloads.newyorker.com/mp3/170306_smith_audio.mp3
Interesting quote:
?You give it all away, it streams from you, like rivers rolling to the sea: love, music, money, smokes,? Smith writes. ?What you got, everybody wants ? and most days you let ?em have it.?
Perhaps I will try to find the energy to explore her work, after all.
