It's overwhelming to consider all of the cover songs that came out of the 1960s, which was a sign of competitiveness and the desire for creative freedom.

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What would a sad songs list be without Frank Ocean ... Hauntingly beautiful yet solemn, Nina Simone had a way of delivering words to pierce the heart. “Strange Fruit” was originally a poem ...

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 ... to making up songs on the ...

Prior to finding the boats, Eric helps Sam complete her bucket list, which involves visiting ... memories involved a jazz club. The Nina Simone song’s iconic — "it’s a new dawn, it’s ...

Roston, left, and Brittney Mack perform in "Nina Simone ... As Ham's play begins, Simone is trying to write the song that would become "Mississippi Goddam," her protest anthem, when she is ...

"Nina Simone: Four Women," Milwaukee ... Christina Ham's play with substantial music dramatizes how Simone made civil rights activism the driving force in her songs following the 1963 bombing ...

Simone Dinnerstein: Hello, I'm Simone Dinnerstein. Tonight we are featuring three young pianists who are the winners of the inaugural Nina Simone Piano Competition ... and then they sent a list of ...

The outspoken civil rights activist Nina Simone co-wrote “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” and first recorded the song in 1964 ... back—here’s a shopping list of records for me.’ ...

I wanted to be the world's first black concert pianist for 22 years – Nina Simone The song Four Women ... sign up for The Essential List newsletter – a handpicked selection of features ...