Nina Simone News

My Morning Jacket released a testimonial to the simple joy of rock 'n' roll last night into the crisp, unwelcoming blackness over the Lifestyle Communities Pavilion.

To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story begs to be read like musical literature, telling the tale of a woman who built a sturdy foundation for strong female artists everywhere and makes the listener ask when the rest ...

Reckoner - by Clement Picon This video is one of the winners from the animation contest Radiohead and... Line Out I know, Rocks Off thought we were done with ACL too.

Plain White T's, "Big Bad World" . Tom Higgenson and Co. have left behind the emo-ish aggro-pop of their first three albums with the mostly excellent "Big Bad World." The album arrives as the band's bid to ...

Talent and fame are funny things. It's quite possible to have both, but more often than not, one or the other is all some folks can muster.

Lisa Celeste Stroud, aka Simone, pays tribute to her famous late mother, jazz singer Nina Simone, at 8 p.m. tonight at Whitaker Center's Sunoco Performance Theater.

Nina Simone was a talented classical pianist who felt her race stood in the way of pursuing what she hoped would be a career in that rarified world.

She grew up listening to her father's record collection, soaking up the heady sounds of soul, reggae and folk-jazz via Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley and classics from the Gold Coast of ...

Lots of things contribute to the makings of a great female jazz singer, beside just a great singing voice: a stylishly graceful wardrobe, a laid back demeanor, and a connection with the audience.

Friday, September 12, 2008 at 10:00 PM The Newport Jazz Festival has been a magnet for top jazz performers every year since it began in 1954, as well as the source of storied jazz recordings, including iconic ...

"I insist on being not one of your clowns, but one of you," she commands of her French audience early on in her performance.

Returning to New York from London for her fourth Metropolitan Room engagement in over a year, cabaret alchemist Barb Jungr premieres "I Got Life," a new show packed with songs identified with Nina Simone.

Of all the major singers of the late 20th century, Nina Simone was one of the hardest to classify.

The rock formations, here in Monument Valley, are one of the things that drew singer Simone to vacation in Arizona.

In the song "Banana Republics," tropical troubadour Jimmy Buffett requests that he be given "words I can dance to, or a melody that rhymes." Such will be the case at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater on Monday as ...

The third and final day of the 2008 Columbus Jazz & Rib Fest featured saucy performances by Simone and seven other acts.

The third and final day of the 2008 Columbus Jazz & Rib Fest featured saucy performances by Simone and seven other acts.

From Tab Benoit to Robben Ford, read about the inspiration and ideas behind these jazz musicians.

The stanbul International Jazz Festival pays tribute to the legendary jazz singer Nina Simone tonight with a special concert featuring singers Dee Dee Bridgewater, Stacey Kent and Sibel K se and soul musician ...

By Kahrin Deines July 9th, 2008 Usually it's Provincetown's visual arts culture that gets all of the attention.