Nina Simone's daughter is a jazz singer just like her late mother David Redfern/Redferns ; Jack Vartoogian/Getty Nina Simone was not only a cultural icon, jazz singer and civil rights activist ...

It was less than a decade ago that I first heard Nina Simone sing. It was Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released," and though I'd heard countless vocalists cover Dylan's songs, never before had I ...

Billie Holiday and Nina Simone may seem like the stalwarts of jazz, but how did Simone's former inspiration turn into someone she hated? Find out here.

A recently unearthed live version of “Blues for Mama,” written by Simone and Abbey Lincoln in the 1960s, took on domestic abuse in a momentous way. By Salamishah Tillet Nina Simone was always ...

In honor of her 71st birthday today, we’re taking a trip down memory lane with Nina Simone’s inspiring beauty moments over the years. Nina Simone’s timeless legacy isn’t just heard in her ...

These are plays ranging from side-splitting comedies or heartbreaking observations of struggles we all often face in our ...

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 ...

Geva Theatre’s production of Nina Simone: Four Women is, in true Geva fashion, one that both entertains and provokes deep introspection. This powerful play by Christina Ham takes audiences on an ...

Nina Simone was a luminary who continues to shape the world and new artists to this day. But before she became the High Priestess of Soul, Simone was Eunice Waymon, a girl from North Carolina ...

Nina Simone’s brother Sam Waymon is not here for the casting of Zoe Saldana in the much talked about biopic, Nina. “If I was asked to play someone of the monumental stature of Nina Simone ...

She changed her name into Nina ("little one") Simone ("from the French actress Simone Signoret"). In the late 50's Nina Simone recorded her first tracks for the Bethlehem label. These are still ...

Nina Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina on February 21, 1933, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist. Nina Simone first ...