[2021-03-12] Andra Day "The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Music from the Motion Picture)" (Warner)

pghmusiclover · **Joined:** 15 Jul 2007 **Posts:** 3360

1 All of Me
2 Strange Fruit
3 Tigress & Tweed
4 The Devil & I Got up to Dance a Slow Dance (feat. Sebastian Kole)
5 Solitude
6 Break Your Fall
7 I Cried for You
8 Ain’t Nobody’s Business
9 Them There Eyes
10 Lady Sings the Blues
11 Lover Man
12 Gimme a Pigfoot and Bottle of Beer
13 God Bless the Child

The digital version is due for release on February 19, 2021, but the CD comes about a month later. No word so far on a vinyl release.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08VCC5GW8/?tag=imwan-20

Here is an original tune that Andra co-wrote with Raphael Saadiq:

And here’s the movie trailer:

pghmusiclover · **Joined:** 15 Jul 2007 **Posts:** 3360

Here's Andra's version of "Strange Fruit":

Kid Bailey · 16 Jul 2006

Thanks for posting that, Patrick.
I had not previously seen anything about it.
I look forward to both the album and the movie.

pghmusiclover · **Joined:** 15 Jul 2007 **Posts:** 3360

Here are three reviews of the movie -- all pretty mixed with regards to the film itself, but giving high praise to Andra's performance!

https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/t ... 234908289/

https://deadline.com/video/united-state ... e-daniels/

https://ew.com/movies/movie-reviews/the ... ie-review/

Incidentally, you can hear the soundtrack on Spotify and other digital platforms ahead of its CD release in March.

[2021-03-12] Andra Day "The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Music from the Motion Picture)" (Warner)

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