Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile ... supporting James Meredith’s March Against Fear, Nina Simone was on fire as she strode onstage to play for a very different ...

Hear a playlist tuned to rebirth ... with looks at the lives and careers of Quincy Jones, Nina Simone and Taylor Swift, among others. “Mississippi Goddam,” “La Bamba” and the Jay-Z ...

The Tidal playlist features artwork of Malcolm X shaking Martin Luther King Jr's hand and opens with Goodie Mob's "Free." It includes songs by Fela Kuti, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder and two from ...

Nina Simone died 15 years ago this month ... Jumping around Spotify playlists has nothing on Simone’s discography; no wonder so many stylistically different musicians are drawn to it.

“You’ve Got to Learn,” a live recording of Nina Simone’s set at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, is now widely available. On the record, you can hear the audience gasp when the High ...

Her mother is the inimitable Nina Simone, a woman who traveled from the segregated South to concert halls and stages around the world, and finally left the United States in disgust over what she ...

The singer and activist's life is depicted in Nina, opening April 22 With songs like “Mississippi Goddam” and “Why (The King of Love Is Dead),” Nina Simone earned a reputation as the voice ...

Musicians featured on this program include Nina Simone, Lester Bowie, Jazz Passengers and Bob Brookmeyer. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & ...