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Recorded by Billie Holiday and Nina Simone, sampled by Kanye West and Rapsody, and streamed by the millions, the anti-lynching song has taken on a new relevance in the era of Black Lives Matter
The R&B veteran has released a cover of Billie Holiday's 1939 protest song after the police killing of George Floyd. "We keep telling this story over and over and over," she says
Timely track will appear on LaVette's upcoming album Blackbirds
The R&B diva credits Billie Holiday as her biggest influence
Cartoonist discusses his drawings of Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, David Byrne and more
'With Billie, I did delve into so much of what went on with her. And I really loved the way she put a song over'
Tough girl tomboy, Etta kicks ass and shakes it too
The 45-year Columbia Records vet who discovered Billie Holiday and signed Dylan and Springsteen gets a star-studded television special
