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. By Marcus J. Moore Music played a huge ...

Geva Theatre’s production of Nina Simone: Four Women is, in true Geva fashion, one that both entertains and provokes deep introspection. This powerful play by Christina Ham takes audiences on an ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. On Sunday afternoon, I attended the middle of three consecutive performance ...

nomination for To Be Free (Legacy, $49.98), an acclaimed three-CD, one-DVD boxed set issued late last year. The depth of her musical gifts unfolds on To Be Free, which includes many of her best-known ...

The charm and concision of the best graphic biographies provide dramatic scenes and pithy captions that can evoke a life better than whole paragraphs and pages of narrative biographies. Even so, ...

Nina Simone’s timeless legacy isn’t just heard in her soul-stirring melodies—it’s reflected in the way her beauty defied convention and celebrated unapologetic Blackness. From her radiant skin to her ...

Cynthia Erivo took over the New York City's streets to open the 99th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with a rendition of Nina Simone's "Feeling Good." "It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life ...

Music played a huge role in defining the filmmaker’s distinctive atmosphere on the big and small screens. Hear 13 examples. By David Renard Songs to put you in the mood. By John White, Wendy Dorr, ...