Nina Simone News

Here's to Art D'Lugoff, the great Village music impresario, the round and bearded political and artistic enthusiast, whose eclectic tastes educated more than one generation, and who died yesterday at 85.

In the fall of 2002, Mariessa Terrell sat on the curb of her former office building dumbfounded at the loss of a job she had grown to love for over three years.

The public face of American orchestral music changed radically this autumn. For the first time, conductors from ethnic minorities have taken the helm at two of the country's most important ensembles.

"A Star is Born" is the only adequate way to characterize singer-composer Melody Gardot's appearance on the stage of the Perelman Theater of the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia on October 17.

On the DVD that accompanies this three-CD career retrospective, the late Nina Simone says she likes to shake people up.

Everyone knows that Gene's Haufbrau, Voodoo, and Pearlz dominate the music scene in the Avondale district of West Ashley.

Festival directors Micky Laron and Gidi Avivi are presenting over 40 local and international documentary and feature films on music, dance, literature and poetry; art and theater.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:00pm & 8:00pm Sets The Zinc Bar 82 W 3rd St New York, NY 10012 477-8337 zincbar.com No Cover - $0 FEATURING: Michelle Walker - Vocals Robert Rodriguez - Piano Sandro Albert - Guitar Michael O'Brien - Bass John Davis - Drums This performance is a Special Showcase at the popular jazz lounge THE ZINC BAR.

Anyone can throw a jazz concert, but you know you're doing something special when the monster players are in the audience as well as on stage.

Rickie Lee Jones says she needs to sing like she needs to breathe. She learned her phrasing from her father, that slower-than-Sunday-morning delivery she made famous 30 years ago.

Here's that PLAYLIST ... STARTING WITH COVERS Jose Jose - New York New York Charlotte Gainsbourgh & Calexico - Just Like a Woman - I'm Not There Loudon Wainwright III - Motel Blues - Recovery Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line Hildegarde Knef - The Coffee Song DULCET TONES Abbey Lincoln - I Must Have That Man Nina Simone - I Want a Little Sugar in My ...

When: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Two sets: 8pm and 10pm Cover $25.00 Reservations are highly recommended!!! NY-based jazz vocalist Michelle Walker returns to her hometown for a wonderful evening of live jazz at this premier jazz venue.

Absent from the list was Barbra Streisand which provoked a surprised questioning from our interlocutor, to which we replied, "Unfair to include her.

Ronnie Scott's - one of the most famous jazz venues in the world - is celebrating its 50th anniversary on a bold note.

Leading ladies are nothing new in jazz. Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Betty Carter, Nina Simone and, more recently, Patti Austin and Nora Jones fronted jazz ensembles.

Hailed as 'brilliantly original' by Mojo magazine, Gwyneth Herbert returns to Bath's Ustinov on Sunday after last year's revelatory gig with songs from her new album, All The Ghosts.

The "new dawn" for KMHD-FM, Portland's listener-supported jazz radio station, actually began at 2 p.m. Aug.

Look no further for proof than this fall's ambitious lineup. Always surprising guitarist Charlie Hunter rolls out his new CD, "Baboon Strength," on Sept.

Video: Jimmy Barnes - The Rhythm and The Blues The Rhythm and the Blues In recent years Jimmy Barnes has been busy exploring his music roots and this week he's at it again, with his new album called The Rhythm and The Blues .

Incorporating various art forms the Foundation will highlight the life, the music and the civil rights activities of Dr.