http://globalmitch.tumblr.com/post/7723216528/audio_player_iframe/globalmitch/tumblr_lohd42Jw601qz9ypa?audio_file=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fglobalmitch%2F7723216528%2Ftumblr_lohd42Jw601qz9ypa Track of the day: Kruder & Dorfmeister “Young Man” – ain’t nothin in this world these days… Continue reading
Tag: jazz
Rare live footage of one of the first ever anti-racism songs: Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”, recorded in 1939. Lady Day performed the song at New York nightclub Cafe Society in Greenwich Village – the first racially integrated nightclub in the United States. Club owner Barney Josephson insisted she close her sets with the song, and … Continue reading