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Simone in 1969

 

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Nina Simone: 'Are you ready to burn buildings?'

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Monday 22 June 2015        18.10 BST

Last modified on Thursday 25 June 2015        14.30 BST

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Nina Simone (born Eunice Waymon)    1933-2003

 

singer

whose distinctively

emotional style

blended elements

of jazz, gospel, blues,

European art song

and other influences

 

(...)

 

Ms. Simone

had only

one Top 20 hit

in her long career

— her very first single,

"I Loves You, Porgy,"

released in 1959 —

but her following

was large and loyal

and her impact

deep and lasting.

 

Aretha Franklin,

Roberta Flack

and Laura Nyro

were among

the singers

who were

influenced by her.

 

(...)

 

Ms. Simone

was as famous

for her social

consciousness

as she was

for her music.

 

In the 1960's

no musical performer

was more closely

identified with

the civil rights movement.

 

Though

she was best known

as an interpreter

of other people's music,

she eloquently expressed

her feelings about racism

and black pride

in those years

in a number

of memorable songs

she wrote herself.

 

"Mississippi Goddam"

was an angry response

to the killing

of the civil rights advocate

Medgar Evers.

 

"Young, Gifted and Black,"

written with

the keyboardist

Weldon Irvine Jr.,

became something

of an anthem,

recorded by

Aretha Franklin

and many others.

 

"Four Women"

painted a subtle

but stinging picture

of the suffering

and the strength

of African-American

women.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/22/
arts/nina-simone-70-soulful-diva-and-voice-of-civil-rights-dies.html

 

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/08/
683021559/nina-simone-to-be-young-gifted-and-black-american-anthem

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/19/
nina-simone-home-national-treasure-north-carolina-recognition-legacy

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/
arts/television/hal-tulchin-90-dies-documented-a-little-seen-black-woodstock.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/
movies/nina-review-zoe-saldana-nina-simone.html

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/05/
469298260/saldana-as-simone-resurfaces-a-debate-beyond-black-and-white

 

http://www.npr.org/2015/06/24/
416805770/new-documentary-finds-nina-simone-in-between-the-black-and-white-keys

http://www.npr.org/sections/ablogsupreme/2015/06/24/
416824244/the-high-priestess-of-soul-nina-simone-in-five-songs

http://www.npr.org/2015/06/24/
416805770/new-documentary-finds-nina-simone-in-between-the-black-and-white-keys

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/22/
nina-simone-documentary-what-happened-miss-simone

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/
movies/nina-simones-time-is-now-again.html

http://www.theguardian.com/global/2015/apr/30/
netflix-nina-simone-documentary-trailer-what-happened-miss-simone

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/22/
arts/nina-simone-70-soulful-diva-and-voice-of-civil-rights-dies.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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