Cassandra Wilson, “Strange Fruit” (2015): One Track Mind
This brave song, written about the horror of racism long before the Civil Rights movement, is given a different complexity by Cassandra Wilson.
This brave song, written about the horror of racism long before the Civil Rights movement, is given a different complexity by Cassandra Wilson.
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