Ledisi Sings Nina Simone: Grammy winning R&B vocalist Ledisi has returned to her jazz roots for new album Ledisi Sings Nina. As the title pretty much spells out, this is the powerhouse singer ...

*Music is the start and finish of many major influencing movements in this life. As an artist, it should be an innate habit for you not only to read the room but also read the world. This can only be ...

“Are you ready Black people,” Nina Simone sings in a stunning new clip from Questlove’s documentary film “Summer of Soul.” “Are you ready to listen to all the beautiful Black voices, the beautiful ...

OPINION: She may not possess the technical ability of Whitney or the gospel power of Aretha. But no one is better at using their voice to reach into the depths of your spirit like Nina. The first time ...

A dozen years have passed since Ledisi experienced a career defining moment by singing the anchor verse of the Nina Simone classic “Four Women” during the inaugural televised presentation of the ...

*Criticism over the upcoming Nina Simone biopic continues to pour in as the director of a documentary based on the singer’s life points out how “ugly and inaccurate” the Zoe Saldana-starring “Nina” is ...

Nina Simone: vocals, piano; Eric Gale, Everett Barksdale, Rudy Stevenson: guitar; Ernie Hayes, Weldon Irvine, Richard Tee: organ; Buddy Lucas: tenor saxophone ...

The dilapidated wooden cottage in North Carolina that was the birthplace of singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone now has the protection of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The ...