Nina Simone was a complicated woman. That complexity was one of many things about her that launched her to stardom as one of the most revered and beloved jazz and R&B singer/songwriters of her ...

She could move from a whisper to a roar within a phrase, and her repertoire covered jazz standards, protest songs, blues and pop. Listen to these 11 favorites. Credit...Illustration by Dante Zaballa ...

Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam,” Ritchie Valens’ “La Bamba” and the original 1968 Broadway cast album of “Hair” are among the 25 recordings that were placed on the Library of Congress’ National ...

Nina Simon debuted this Bob Dylan cover on her 1969 album To Love Somebody. Plenty of people have covered this song, but no one did it quite like Simone did. The notes she hits on this song are ...

"Nina Simone: Four Women," Milwaukee Repertory Theater's new production, is neither a musical nor a revue. Instead, Christina Ham's play with substantial music dramatizes how Simone made civil rights ...

NEW YORK — Nina Simone fans have a reason for feeling good: A previously unreleased recording of the legendary artist's set at the Newport Jazz Festival in July 1966 is being released. Verve Records ...