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 ...

"It was like I was shot out of a cannon and my cheeks were flapping." When music legend Nina Simone died in France in 2003, Stroud, her only child, took a call from President Bill Clinton.

Nina Wu is a staff reporter at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, covering sustainability issues, alternative energy and weather. She was previously arts page editor, a features reporter and business ...

Performing below their low estimates, the auction houses bet on a “flight to quality” but found little interest from bidders on top lots.