Billie Holiday

Music A-List

Younger Than That Now

Only Eight Years Old, Sound Unseen Shrinks for ’07, But Still Puts on the Ritz

Return of the Grievous Angel

Haley Bonar on the fine art of disappearing—and coming back in one piece

Picked to Click XVI

This one goes to 11!

A Real Rock 'n' Roll Radio Station... for Your Pledge of Just $10 a Month?

Paul Demko, Diablo Cody, and Dylan Hicks offer three takes on MPR's new baby

The Queen of Hearts

The .14 Cent Solution

New royalties proposed by the music industry threaten to kill independent Internet radio

Sweet Nothings

Sade and Erykah Badu return to slow the pulse rate of contemporary R&B

Hymie's World

The late Hymie Peterson never made much in the vintage record business--except a city of grateful customers

It Don't Mean a Thing...

...if it ain't got that swing. But is this dip into the past just a blip on the screen or a full-blown movement?

Double Take

Being black and gay is seen by some as double . But playwright Djola Branner disputes that notion, And his play, Homos in the House, which premieres this month, shows how such attitudes create stigma, erect barriers, and inhibit HIV/AIDS prevention

Star Child

Spirit of 78s