Nina Simone discussed the excellence of classical and jazz music, saying that "masters" like Bach inspired her to become a ...

Nina Simone earns her first RIAA certification as “Feeling Good” skips straight to double platinum, decades after becoming her definitive recording. American singer, songwriter, pianist and civil ...

The artist put a soulful blues spin on the track, which tells a sad story.

Nina Simone and Bob Dylan were, in a way, two sides of the same coin. They were both people who used music as a form of activism and political commentary. They were both talented songwriters who ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO — Standing ovations are not uncommon in the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, the $82 million home of La Jolla Music Society. But the multiple standing ovations given at Friday’s ...

Four Women” returns to Twin Cities stage; a Minneapolis group exhibit responds to federal immigration enforcement and four festivals bring music and dance to the Minnesota State Fair.

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 ...

In this 250th anniversary year of the United States, pianist Lara Downes is traveling the country collecting conversations with scholars, searching for our history through songs. Her latest is in ...

Nina Simone’s childhood home in Tryon, North Carolina has been restored. As of late 2025, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund announced it completed restorations of the house, helping ...

She had been the toast of New York City’s pop scene for all of two years, but Nina Simone was already cementing her legend as a no-nonsense diva. There she was onstage at the Apollo Theater in ...

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 ...