In conjunction with my 3-week class on The Songs of Billie Holiday for Ukulele, please join me for a Zoom Watch Party of the 2002 documentary Strange Fruit: The Biography of a Song. I learned so much from this film about the several individuals responsible for the writing and success of this song, as wellContinue reading "Watch Party: Strange Fruit (Documentary)"
In conjunction with my 3-week class on The Songs of Billie Holiday for Ukulele, please join me for a Zoom Watch Party of the 2002 documentary Strange Fruit: The Biography of a Song. I learned so much from this film about the several individuals responsible for the writing and success of this song, as wellContinue reading "Watch Party: Strange Fruit (Documentary)"
In honor of Billie Holiday’s birthday, her musical legacy, and the much-too-delayed passing of this legislation, I’m teaching a short, but substantive three-week class on The Songs of Billie Holiday for Ukulele. We’ll learn to play Strange Fruit, as well as some other classics, including God Bless the Child and others. This class will meet on Zoom:Continue reading "3-Week Class Begins! The Songs of Billie Holiday for Ukulele"