Nina Simone’s soaring cover of Leonard Cohen song ‘Suzanne’ is the best you’ll hear

We're taking a look back at Nina Simone's iconic cover of Leonard Cohen's song 'Suzanne'. The singer takes on the role of the ...
Black Enterprise

Childhood Home Of Nina Simone In N.C. Restored Into Inspired Archive Of Singer’s Life

The childhood home will feature historically accurate furnishings and more reflecting Simone's time in the house. The childhood home of Nina Simone has been restored into a historic landmark of the ...
WFAE

Restored — but still closed: Nina Simone’s childhood home enters its next phase

1 of 8 — 1. Front angle w Street Sign_crMorganForde.JPG The childhood home of Nina Simone in Tryon has now been fully restored, but it is not yet open to the public, according to a recent news release ...
Daily Trojan

Conversation on Nina Simone investigates freedom

Salamishah Tillet, a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and political activist, led the conversation about the life of Nina Simone as a musician and political activist. Tillet read excerpts from her ...
BroadwayWorld

Review: I PUT A SPELL ON YOU: NINA SIMONE at Signature Theatre

There is no question that actress/singer/not of this world performer Felicia Curry is true DC theatre royalty. There is a ...
The Grio

African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund restores Nina Simone’s childhood home in North Carolina

While Nina Simone’s legacy echoes through her music, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is preserving the physical space that helped shape the iconic singer’s life and artistry—her ...
The Root

Peek Inside The Childhood Home Of Nina Simone

In 2016, the childhood home of High Priestess of Soul Nina Simone was under threat of demolition. After a decade of collective efforts from artists, architects, and even celebrities such as Venus ...
KCRW

Intro Notes on Nina Simone from 7/5 Grand Performances

I had the privilege of meeting and interviewing Nina Simone and over time becoming friends with her. I have never met a more talented or complicated person in my life. Nina could be little girl blue; ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

TEST SPINS | Nina Simone: ‘I Put a Spell on You’

It seems like it was just a few months ago that I was writing about the Arctic Monkeys’ ‘AM’ being a quintessential October album, but alas, here we are again, with Halloween just a week away. The ...
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Photograph of Nina Simone with James Baldwin

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Childhood Home Of Nina Simone In N.C. Restored Into Inspired Archive Of Singer's Life

Nina Simone’s childhood home has been restored as a historic landmark honoring the activist and singer’s legacy. State Dept. Raises Alarm on Mass Migration Why Erin Andrews’s Comments About Her Sports ...