Being an artist who engages with the world around them is something young musicians are learning to do, through the lens of ...

Nina Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in 1933, in the small town of Tryon, N.C., but she changed her name in the mid-1950s so that her family and the townspeople who had funded her study at ...

Nina Simone's influence knows no bounds as even on the complete opposite end of the spectrum, her music inspired Genesis to ...

As part of a yearlong celebration of Nina Simone’s 90 th birthday, a newly discovered recording from the Tryon, North Carolina-born singer’s performance at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival is set for ...

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 Lisa ...

Portland blues and gospel singer LaRhonda Steele, backed by guitarist Adrian Martin and his sextet, will perform their annual “I Put a Spell on You” tribute to the legendary singer-songwriter Nina ...

Fans now get to hear Nina Simone’s revered set at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival. On Friday (July 21) Verve Records released You’ve Got To Learn, a six-song album containing live recordings of ...

Music played a huge role in defining the filmmaker’s distinctive atmosphere on the big and small screens. Hear 13 examples. By David Renard Songs to put you in the mood. By John White, Wendy Dorr, ...

The luminary musician Roberta Flack was not in the 2004 edition of “The Rolling Stone Album Guide.” But on this episode of “Cannonball,” Wesley Morris, the host, makes the case for why she would be in ...