CHARLESTON - The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
Luis Russell - At the Swing Cats Ball, Vol.1 (Dot Time Records DT8022Album review by Len Weinreich)Interested in time travel? While dancers in Chicago were digging this music, people in Britain were digging air raid shelters. Interested in eavesdropping? Listening to this album is like overhearing to a private conversation. And that’s because the majority…
The year 1948 was a pivotal year in history, marked by many significant events and cultural shifts. It was the year that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted, and it was also the year that marked the beginning of the Cold War. But it was also a year that saw the release of
Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan in 1915, was an American jazz singer and songwriter who remains one of the most influential and iconic musicians of the 20th century. Her unique vocal style, characterized by a raw and emotive expressiveness, brought a new level of depth and vulnerability to jazz and popular music. Holiday's career spanned