Strange Fruit, by Naomi Westwater

Strange Fruit

by Naomi Westwater

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Update: This song raised over $1,000 for The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, the Nation’s first memorial dedicated to “people terrorized by lynching.” The fundraiser is over, but you can learn more about the memorial here: museumandmemorial.eji.org/memorial

Naomi Westwater recorded “Strange Fruit” in March 2019 as part of her Post Master’s Fellowship at Berklee College of Music. It is a song Naomi has been singing for over a decade, ever since she saw historic photos of Black lynchings for a college assignment. “It breaks my heart to sing this song. I feel emotionally exhausted after working on it, but it is part of a dark history of racism in the United States, and a story that needs to be retold until Justice has been served.”

Originally written by Lewis Allan as a poem, Naomi is proud to join Billie Holiday, Nina Simon, and many other Black women who have been singing this song since the 1930s.

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released July 17, 2020

Daniel Babai (recording engineer)
Alex Chacon (electric guitar)
Joe Miller (mastering engineer)
Francis Peña (drums)
Dana Roth (electric bass)
Cara Totman (photographer)
Naomi Westwater (producer, vocals)

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Naomi Westwater Brockton, Massachusetts

Naomi Westwater (they/them) is a multimedia artist from Massachusetts. Their work combines music and music production with creative writing, visual art, intuition, and spirituality.

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