Features Pro Audio ‘Strange Fruit’ and Sinatra: the extraordinary legacy of Billie Holiday by Emily Suine Everyone knows the swinging, swooning voice that belongs to Billie Holiday. But the life of the jazz legend was filled with more than song. Billie Holiday was a firey, foul-mouthed…
Lists We’ve made a list of the 10 best music documentaries on Netflix by Riley Fitzgerald Ever feel just like being a couch potato and delving into the stories of your favourite musicians? Well, it’s your lucky day buddy. We’ve compiled a list of 10 brilliant…
Lists News Nick Cave shares his 10 favourite love songs of all time by Rianna Manuel There have been lists like this written for years. From scratched in teenage notebooks to published in respected magazines, people have been ranking love songs for about as long as…
News “Culturally significant”: Jay Z, Nina Simone, and Curtis Mayfield recognised by Library of Congress by Mia Hull On Wednesday The Library of Congress announced that it will adding 25 recordings to the National Recording Registry this year, which will include Jay Z’s iconic 2001 album The Blueprint. Joining The…
News After many years and multiple owners, Nina Simone’s childhood home is finally in the right hands by Molly Ulm For artistic purposes and historical preservation, four African American artists have bought the childhood home of jazz legend Nina Simone. Simone grew up in Tryon, North Carolina, as a church performer…
