TALK TO THE ARTISTS BEHIND IT. AT FIRST GLANCE, SOUTH DURHAM STREET LOOKS LIKE YOUR TYPICAL BALTIMORE STREET. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK TO YOUR LEFT AND TO YOUR RIGHT, THERE’S ART HONORING BILLIE HOLIDAY.
Billie Holiday (1915-1959), one of the greatest jazz vocalists of all time, grew up amid poverty, prostitution and neglect. Not surprisingly, she became addicted to illegal drugs and alcohol, but that ...