Such An iconic singer, Billie Holiday , such an iconic song, Strange Fruit.

First performed in 1939 at the Café Society of NY( Americas first integrated nightclub), this episode takes a closer look and listen to Billie Holiday's landmark song about racist lynchings, which stunned audiences and redefined popular music. Voted in 1999 by Time magazine as “the song of the Century”, the macabre and haunting protest song “Strange Fruit” deals with the inhumanity, violence, fear, and terror of American racism.
Dara Hession performs his own acoustic version of Strange Fruit for the podcast.