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The "High Priestess Of Soul" pays tribute to the queen herself, Billie Holiday. Despite the decades that divide the two singers and the fact that Holiday was from the North (Philadelphia) and Simone was from the South (North Carolina), the two pioneering vocalists are united not only by their music, but also by the fact that both women put their musical careers on the line to sing about racism and the atrocities being committed against black Americans. Holiday's harrowing "Strange Fruit" (included here) and Nina Simone's "Mississippi Goddamn!" are parallel protest songs, although the courageous Lady Day was singing hers decades before the Civil Rights Movement. These eight amazing Billie Holiday classics are given the full Nina Simone treatment - a rare opportunity to enjoy two legends in one sitting!
