Rolling Stone M. Ward on Why Billie Holiday Endures “There was something broken in her voice,” says Ward, whose new album, released amid a Holiday renaissance, reinterprets songs associated with the legendary jazz singer By Holly Andres; Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images That haunted voice we keep hearing these days belongs to Billie Holiday. More than six decades after her death, the legendary singer is experiencing a moment in the culture: She’s the subject of a recent documentary (director James Erskine’s Billie) and a soon-to-be released biopic (director Lee Dan...