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Nina Simone's Sinnerman was part of Northampton's pre-game dressing-room playlist. After the match though, as Northampton ...
In honor of her 71st birthday today, we’re taking a trip down memory lane with Nina Simone’s inspiring beauty moments over the years. Nina Simone’s timeless legacy isn’t just heard in her ...
Inspired by a recent Cockney Rejects show where we learned that Toy Dolls man Olga is now a member of the infamous Oi! troupe, we revisited the TD's one hit. The 1956 children's song, originally ...
A playlist of all the music that inspired McCartney over his ... His first encounter with it actually came through a cover: Nina Simone’s 1965 cover. Hers is romantic and crooning, transformed into a ...
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 ...
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 & ...
(Because who can resist autobiographies from Nina Simone, Patti Smith, and Billie Holliday?) "The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are" ($9) A memoir from hip hop great Tariq ...
22. Nina Simone, 'To Be Young, Gifted and Black' (1970) Nina Simone has said she and her musical director Weldon Irvine hoped to write a song that would inspire young black children all over the ...
Geva Theatre’s production of Nina Simone: Four Women is, in true Geva fashion, one that both entertains and provokes deep introspection. This powerful play by Christina Ham takes audiences on an ...
Nina Simone was a complicated woman. That complexity was one of many things about her that launched her to stardom as one of the most revered and beloved jazz and R&B singer/songwriters of her ...