Mississippi Boy Catfish & Ribs

This evening will honor the work of icon Billie Holiday on Dr. Martin Luther King weekend. Billie Holiday (1915-1959) is remembered for her songwriting skills, creativity, and courageous views on inequality and justice. Her voice was deeply moving and easily identifiable, despite her never having formal musical training. Rather, she learned by singing alongside Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong in her teens. In 1933 Holiday made her first recordings with Benny Goodman. She wrote “God Bless the Child” along with…