In March 1939, a then-23-year-old Billie Holiday closed out her set at New York's Cafe Society with a song she hadn't performed before: "Strange Fruit." Written by Jewish schoolteacher Abel Meeropol, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that in 2022, around 608,000 people died from malaria, a mosquito-borne disease, worldwide. Add to that, viral infections like dengue, West ...

Fishbone — who are back with almost their entire original lineup for the first time since 1993 (everyone except guitarist Kendall Jones) — revealed earlier this year that they’re working on a new ...

Even though Harry Styles’ sophomore album came out in December, his fans still can’t get enough of it today. And with his “Watermelon Sugar” music video coming out in May, it brought a whole new ...

Harry Styles is no stranger to good lyrics. Not just catchy — although he can deliver on that too — but he comes up with meaningful and wonderfully fun songwriting. And it doesn’t always have to equal ...

Sixty-five years ago, on July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan Hospital in New York. The 44-year-old singer arrived after being turned away from a nearby charity hospital on evidence of ...

As British singer Rebecca Ferguson says she’d be willing to accept an invitation to perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration—but only if she’s allowed to sing Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”—we discuss ...

Sometimes even PR firms need to hire PR consultants. That seems to be the lesson of "Strange Fruit Public Relations," an Austin, Texas-based PR firm that has committed to rebranding after being ...

Music has always been more than just entertainment. Throughout history, it’s sparked revolutions, challenged governments, and ...

The super sounds of the Seventies have long been a safe space for indie-rock types with fond distant memories of chilling in the backseat while mom and dad bumped the local AM radio station on long ...

For some reason, lemons are the go-to fruit for nutsack metaphors. (Seems big, doesn’t it?) It may have begun with Robert Johnson, who allegedly sold his soul in exchange for lyrics like “You can ...

Researchers have found and confirmed a gene that allows female fruit flies to get on the same frequency as courting males. Mosquitoes have the same gene and a similar courtship ritual, meaning that ...