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She is the subject of Nina: A Story About Me and Nina Simone, a one-woman show first performed in 2016 at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool—a "deeply personal and often searing show inspired by the singer and activist Nina Simone" [124] —and which in July 2017 ran at the Young Vic, before being scheduled to move to Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre.
Nina Simone will be celebrated in a three-day event taking place at London’s Southbank Centre, as part of an inaugural residency with Montreux Jazz Festival.. Part of a three-year creative ...
Simone, ranked No. 29 on Rolling Stone's 2010 list of the 100 greatest singers of all time, wrote music in several genres including jazz and R&B. Songs mentioned in the 2020 Citizen Times article ...
The documentary chronicles the life of American singer Nina Simone, who became a civil rights activist and moved to Liberia following the turbulence of the 1960s. [4] The documentary combines previously unreleased archival footage and interviews with Simone's daughter and friends. The title of the film was taken from a Maya Angelou quote. [5]
Meeting Nina Simone. Flanagan wanted to take college courses to pursue writing, but needed money. She hoped for a job as a domestic worker, where room and board would likely be included and she ...
Nina Simone's life as a recording artist can be divided into three phases: early period (1957–64, corresponding to her albums with Bethlehem and Colpix); middle period (1964–74, corresponding to her albums with Philips and RCA); and late period (1974–2003, corresponding to her time either without a recording contract or with a multitude of different contracts).
Simone continued this musical trajectory, one that she had begun as a child in Western North Carolina, until she died at age 70 in 2003. The Eunice Waymon Birthplace
The Times wrote: "Despite the strings, the woodwinds, the French accordions or the 'My Way' overtones of many of these songs, [Simone] speaks with bleak honesty and unashamed recalcitrance to many people who value such qualities above sham professionalism or artifice."