*Music is the start and finish of many major influencing movements in this life. As an artist, it should be an innate habit for you not only to read the room but also read the world. This can only be ...

OPINION: She may not possess the technical ability of Whitney or the gospel power of Aretha. But no one is better at using their voice to reach into the depths of your spirit like Nina. Editor’s note: ...

A dozen years have passed since Ledisi experienced a career defining moment by singing the anchor verse of the Nina Simone classic “Four Women” during the inaugural televised presentation of the ...

Nina Simone: vocals, piano; Eric Gale, Everett Barksdale, Rudy Stevenson: guitar; Ernie Hayes, Weldon Irvine, Richard Tee: organ; Buddy Lucas: tenor saxophone ...

Singer Sam Reed continues her monthly residency at Gallery5 this week with a program centered around the music of 1960s icon Nina Simone. The show is billed as a jazz session, which is at once fair ...

Nina Simone was one of the most influential figures in rhythm and blues music during the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Tryon, North Carolina in 1933, her musical career spanned over 30 years until her ...

Enter the intimate Argyros Stage at South Coast Repertory for “Nina Simone: Four Women” and you’re serenaded with a background loop of Lauryn Hill and Muse covering the sublime ’60s song, “Feeling ...

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The art of Nina Simone is the art of transformation. This becomes abundantly clear on “You’ve Got To Learn,” a previously unreleased concert recording from the Newport Jazz Festival in 1966. Ken ...

One at a time, the women interrupt Nina Simone (Alexis J. Roston) as she tries to write words to a new song: Meek, faith-filled Aunt Sarah (Gabrielle Lott-Rogers), wearing a maid's uniform.

The dilapidated wooden cottage in North Carolina that was the birthplace of singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone now has the protection of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The ...