The numbers from the musical Hair expressed contrasting emotions, but the singer joined them to create something new ...

I played a lot of Nina Simone in college. I play a lot of Nina Simone now. But I have always known that Nina Simone means something more to the black women around me than she does to me.

Legendary singer Nina Simone’s granddaughter accused Vice President Kamala Harris of causing the family to lose control of Simone's estate while Harris was California attorney general.

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 ...

An ESSENCE beauty editor explains how Aesop’s new parfum, inspired by Nina Simone, converted her into a floral fragrance ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 these exclusive BBC archive clips, Nina Simone describes how racism robbed her of her dream of being a classical pianist, and how in the 1960s she used her remarkable voice to demand equality ...

By Evan Nicole Brown Culture Writer Nina Simone — the legendary singer and activist whose artistry took her around the globe — grew up in a modest, three-room clapboard home in Tryon ...

Enter the intimate Argyros Stage at South Coast Repertory for “Nina Simone: Four Women” and you’re serenaded with a background loop of Lauryn Hill and Muse covering the sublime ’60s song ...

Nina Simone’s grandson, R&B singer Mary Cross of Atlantic City, and Newark-based rapper MC Rah Digga are among New Jersey artists and producers receiving grants to stage events for this year’s ...