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$tateside Records are proud to present Nina Simone’s Colpix singles lovingly remastered in mono. This title includes seven singles available in their original edits for the first time since the 1960s, and (more…)

  Nina Simone was only 25 years old in 1958 when she entered Beltone Studios in midtown Manhattan for a one-day recording session for her debut album, Little Girl Blue,on (more…)

Ledisi will present “NINA AND ME” at the Apollo Theater As Bruno Mars and Kendrick Lamar ride their wave of a Grammy wins, some people are scratching their heads and (more…)

Nina: A Story About me and Nina Simone –  The Lowry, Salford Concept: Josette Bushell-Mingo Director: Dritëro Kasapi Reviewer Matthew Forrest I’m still picking my jaw up off the floor (more…)

With “The Nina Simone House,” is Newark on the verge of developing its first artists’ housing co-op? That was the $64,000 question asked at the community meeting for the future Nina (more…)

Nina Simone’s first recordings, ‘Mood Indigo: The Complete Bethlehem Sessions,’ are set to be released for their 60th anniversary on February 9th by BMG, and in celebration of Nina’s birthday (more…)

Nina Simone has been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. All these years, where was Nina Simone? Thursday’s nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (more…)

“I’m the kind of colored girl who looks like everything white people despise or have been taught to despise.”   – Nina Simone (above quote taken from Nina’s personal diaries, excerpted (more…)

The legendary jazz singer comes back to vibrant life in Liz Garbus’ stirring, tough-love tribute. Scott Foundas – Chief Film Critic – @foundasonfilm “Sometimes I sound like gravel and sometimes I sound (more…)

Reviewing from the Sundance Film Festival, Mike Hogan says the upcoming Netflix documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? perfectly captures the eccentric, unique artist, far better than any archival YouTube deep (more…)

A Raised Voice How Nina Simone turned the movement into music. CLAUDIA ROTH PIERPONT “My skin is black,” the first woman’s story begins, “my arms are long.” And, to a (more…)

The problem with Zoe Saldana playing Nina Simone by Miriam Petty In May, the Nina Simone biopic Nina, starring Zoe Saldana and directed by Cynthia Mort, premiered at the Cannes (more…)

(by Susan McNabb) I’d never heard of Nina Simone when I moved to Tryon, but when I looked her up online, I realized I knew and loved many of her (more…)

Poet, performer and political activist Maya Angelou has died after a long illness at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C. She was 86. Born in St. Louis in 1928, Angelou grew (more…)

Playwright Lorraine Hansberry will be immortalized in a biopic about her road to success during the 1950′s-60′s, sources say. Hansberry originated the classic stageplay, “A Raisin in the Sun,” and she (more…)

History columnist Rob Neufeld looks back at Allen School, the private school for African-American women that was a beacon of education during the years of segregation. A column two weeks (more…)

On a hot July day in 1955, Roy Eaton walked into the New York offices of advertising giant Young & Rubicam and made what seemed like an impossible request. An (more…)

Today marks the 11-year anniversary of the death of Nina Simone. The singer, known as The High Priestess Of Soul, fought a lengthy battle with breast cancer before passing away at the (more…)

Britain’s Got Talent 2014: Watch as schoolboy singer James Smith blows the judges away with Feeling Good rendition James, 15, has some tough musical competition on this year’s contest with (more…)

The Nina Simone Facebook Page has reached 2,000,000 likes! That is quite an accomplishment and we hope she continues to gain fans worldwide!

Turns out, the brand-new Tonight Show music man has strong opinions on women—and hoodies! There’s no denying it: Questlove (a.k.a. Ahmir Thompson) is the king of cool. The Roots drummer (more…)

UK Singer Emeli Sande Thanks Her Zambian Roots: EMELI Sande has thanked her Zambian roots for influencing her musical talents. The Heaven singer, whose mother is English and whose father is (more…)

Kelis speaking to BBC One about her father playing saxophone with Nina Simone.

Let’s talk about your earliest influences. “Nina Simone was also a gigantic influence on me. When I was a little girl, she had a record out called “Children, Go Where (more…)

Billie Holiday, Coretta Scott King, Gwendolyn Brooks, Phylicia Rashad — their portraits grace the walls of Wofford College’s Campus Life Center. After a closer look, the black-and-white pictures of the (more…)

Nina Simone’s former husband and business partner should not have the legal right to a number of Simone’s recordings, a federal magistrate judge found. Defendant Andrew Stroud was married to Nina (more…)

A new exhibit at the Historical Society of the Nyacks honors local African-American entrepreneurs. “African American Entrepreneurs 1800-Present” was curated by Bill Batson. Cynthia Hesdra, who was born in Tappan (more…)

Could Apphia Campbell’s journey to the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland be the next stop before a version of her play Black Is the Color of My Voice, an homage to the legacy of (more…)

Nina Simone tribute: Local jazz singer Jus’ Cynthia will pay tribute to Simone 7 p.m. Thursday at the Old Dillard Museum (1009 NW Fourth St., Fort Lauderdale). Although she doesn’t (more…)

Travis Love, of Ventnor, wants more people to know about the music and life of the late singer-songwriter, pianist and civil rights activist Nina Simone. Love and his fellow founders (more…)

Nina Simone, whose deep, raspy, forceful voice made her a unique figure in jazz and later helped define the civil rights movement, will be honored at the Charleston Jazz Orchestra’s (more…)

In a contest on AllPoetry.com, a Nina Simone song-based poetry contest is open for submissions: http://allpoetry.com/contest/2631843-Nina-Simone Write a new poem inspired by one of Nina Simone’s songs.  Specify the name of (more…)

According to his book, Glorious Days and Nights: A Jazz Memoir, Herb Snitzer began his “40-year odyssey” of immortalizing jazz legends in a lower Manhattan jazz club in 1958, when (more…)

When it comes to civil rights, it is the season of fiftieth anniversaries: this past June was the fiftieth anniversary of the murder of activist Medgar Evers. In August, Americans (more…)

The Simone family invites all friends and fans to participate in a contest for the month of February: Black History Month and the month of Nina’s birthday. February 21st would’ve (more…)

Another year draws to a close, can you believe it? Mom’s new site has been up since Mother’s Day and it is heartening to witness all the participation, the comments, (more…)

SIMONE HERE!!! Let me be the first to Welcome You to The New NINASIMONE.COM!! The Vision I have long held regarding my mother’s legacy is gaining momentum so stay tuned (more…)