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"Nina Cried Power" was lauded by critics. The Telegraph stated that he upheld the legacies of the aforementioned artists with "purposeful swagger" [3] while The Irish Times wrote that "from the first track, Hozier fuses his righteous political anger ("It is the bringing of the line, it is the baring of the rhyme, it’s not the waking it’s the rising") with what you can only call a "tune ...
Nina Cried Power is the third extended play (EP) by the Irish musician Hozier.It was released on 7 September 2018. Its lead single "Nina Cried Power" featuring Mavis Staples is inspired by the legacies of artists like Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell, Billie Holiday, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and Staples herself.
Wasteland, Baby! is the second studio album by Irish musician Hozier, released on 1 March 2019 by Rubyworks Records. [1] It is Hozier's first album since 2014. [2] The album includes the songs "Nina Cried Power" and "Shrike" from the 2018 EP Nina Cried Power, as well as the single "Movement". [1]
In 2018, she sang on Hozier's single "Nina Cried Power". In May 2019, Staples celebrated her 80th birthday with a concert at the Apollo Theater, 63 years after first appearing at the theater as a teenager with her family band, the Staple Singers, in 1956.
The album includes the singles "Nina Cried Power", "Movement", "Almost (Sweet Music)" and "Dinner & Diatribes". He released his third album Unreal Unearth in August 2023, which also topped the Irish Albums Chart and became his first number-one album in the UK.
American singer Mavis Staples was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 10, 1939. Her initial recordings were as a member of her family group, the Staple Singers.Led by her father Roebuck "Pops" Staples the Staple Singers were major artists in gospel and soul music from 1957 to 1969.
Nina Cried Power" is a song that features lyrics including names of artists such as Nina Simone, Bob Dylan and Mavis Staples whose work takes a political or social justice stance. [83] [85] [86] The music video features Irish activists alongside protest footage. [87]
"Take Me to Church" is a song by Irish singer-songwriter Hozier. It was released as his debut single on 13 September 2013, originally featuring on his extended play of the same name, before being featured as the opening track of his 2014 self-titled debut album.