Siren Nation presents: Lady Sings the Blues - A Tribute to Billie Holiday
Tune in to the special rebroadcast of the 17th Annual Billie Holiday Tribute Night. These wonderful live performances were recorded on April 6th, 2024 at the Alberta Rose Theater.
A portion of each ticket sale benefited KBOO Community Radio!
This annual event celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month and Billie Holiday's 109th Birthday!
Featured performers include: Marcia Hocker, Nafisaria Mathews, Jessie Marquez, Shelly Rudolph, Marilyn Keller, and Lenanne Sylvester Miller.
Returning for her 5th year as curator and emcee of Siren Nation’s annual Billie Holiday Tribute Night is Marcia Hocker, the recipient of the 2018 Jazz Hero Award for the city of Portland from the nationally recognized Jazz Journalists Association.
This event brings together musicians of many genres to pay tribute to one of the greatest jazz singers and songwriters of our time. Billie Holiday, also known as “Lady Day,” was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Holiday was a hugely formative influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Above all, she was admired all over the world for her deeply personal and intimate approach to singing.
Siren Nation is a Portland-based nonprofit whose mission is to inspire and empower women and people of all marginalized genders to create art, and to highlight their many achievements in the arts. Founded in 2005, Siren Nation is a nonprofit arts organization that fulfills our mission by creating year-round performance, exhibition, and educational opportunities in multiple art forms. Siren Nation strives to be inclusive and build community.