Nina Simone thought John Lennon's politics was weak. So when The Beatles released their cry for political and social change, ...

Ain't Got No, I Got Life' is a combination of two songs from the 1960s counterculture-inspired musical 'Hair', a fitting source of inspiration for Nina Simone.

Black lives don’t just matter—they’ve created the music we live by. This video celebrates the trailblazing contributions of Black musicians, from the protest songs of Nina Simone to the revolutionary ...

One year after the Beatles released their driving rock 'n' roller, jazz pianist Nina Simone responded with a "Revolution" of her own.

Singer Laura Mvula visits New York to explore the Nina Simone songs that mean most to her She also discovered that Nina's reputation as a hard taskmaster was well deserved - she wasn't above ...

Nina Simone was a revered singer and civil rights activist, known for performing songs such as Feelin' Good, I put A Spell On You and I Loves You, Porgy. She died in 2003 at the age of 70.

Nina Simone: By switching elements of the music, we can change up the mood of a song anyway we want. And I'm feeling good. Nina Simone was a very famous American singer, songwriter, pianist and ...

The Legacy Recordings LP features a mix of the country icon's interpretations of songs by Tom Waits, Keith Richards, Beck, ...

How did one neighborhood become the locus for generations of musical invention, from Dylan to Nina Simone? A new book has some answers ...