Liam O'Mara IV, PhD19h ago
The impact of #BillieHoliday on the history of #jazz is incalculable, for her singing and for vocal improvisation. She was born in Philadelphia on #ThisDayInHistory in 1915. Here is her version of the #AbelMeeropol song #StrangeFruit, about #lynchings:
https://zurl.co/xXgTf
4rik2d ago

Keiji Haino & Reinhold Friedl's version of Strange Fruit(s) is quite different from Billie Holiday's.

Overall, a very interesting album.

https://reinholdfriedl.bandcamp.com/album/truly-slightly-overflowing-whereabout-of-good-will

#KeijiHaino #ReinholdFriedl #BillieHoliday #AbelMeeropol #experimental #nowPlaying

truly, slightly, overflowing, whereabout of good will, by Keiji Haino & Reinhold Friedl

3 track album

Reinhold Friedl
The 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ BBC Radio 3 🎶 #NowPlaying BotSep 20, 2025
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #ThisClassicalLife Abel Meeropol, Sheku Kanneh‐Mason, Jess Gillam & Sheku Kanneh‐Mason: 🎵 Strange Fruit #BBCRadio3 #AbelMeeropol #ShekuKannehMason #JessGillam
Weener70Apr 5, 2025
Moddi - Forbidden songs documentary
https://youtu.be/swDsn_tigoM
#VictorJara #KateBush #LiuXiaobo #PussyRiot #LosTucanesDeTijuana #RichardBurgess #AbelMeeropol #MahmoudDarwish #MariBoine
Moddi – Forbidden songs (FULL DOCUMENTARY)

YouTube
Radiocittafujiko - Rss BotApr 15, 2021
Billie Holiday, Strange fruits: Abel Meeropol, l’autore dimenticato https://www.radiocittafujiko.it/billie-holiday-strange-fruits-abel-meeropol-lautore-dimenticato/ #Noteapie'pagina #BillieHoliday #AbelMeeropol #MUSICA #NEWS
Billie Holiday, Strange fruits: Abel Meeropol, l’autore dimenticato - Radio Città Fujiko

"Note a pie' pagina", la rubrica di Vanloon, ci racconta i retroscena di "Strange fruits", il brano reso famoso da Billie Holiday ma composto da Abel Meeropol.

Radio Città Fujiko