Why, in an era when music's biggest stars are more outspoken than ever, does it feel like we're still waiting for the ...

As part of a yearlong celebration of Nina Simone’s 90 th birthday, a newly discovered recording from the Tryon, North Carolina-born singer’s performance at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival is set for ...

Fans now get to hear Nina Simone’s revered set at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival. On Friday (July 21) Verve Records released You’ve Got To Learn, a six-song album containing live recordings of ...

Portland blues and gospel singer LaRhonda Steele, backed by guitarist Adrian Martin and his sextet, will perform their annual “I Put a Spell on You” tribute to the legendary singer-songwriter Nina ...

For Alexander Simone, legacy is walking down the road created by two iconic Black women while paving his own. As the grandson of jazz and soul legend Nina Simone and the son of singer and actress Lisa ...

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 ...

In 2017, four Black artists bought Simone's childhood home in Tryon, N.C., to save it from demolition. Artists inspired by Simone's music raised close to $6 million to make it into a cultural center.

Nina Simone was a luminary who continues to shape the world and new artists to this day. But before she became the High Priestess of Soul, Simone was Eunice Waymon, a girl from North Carolina, born 93 ...

For a certain segment out there, I imagine that Jay-Z’s song “The Story of O.J.” introduced them to Nina Simone (born Eunice Waymon). The song samples her famous 1966 song “Four Women,” released on ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Mount Olivet Baptist Church hosted a concert celebrating the music of Nina Simone. Simone was known for her civil rights activism and was induced into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...

Music played a huge role in defining the filmmaker’s distinctive atmosphere on the big and small screens. Hear 13 examples. By David Renard Songs to put you in the mood. By John White, Wendy Dorr, ...