Nina Simone’s soaring cover of Leonard Cohen song ‘Suzanne’ is the best you’ll hear

We're taking a look back at Nina Simone's iconic cover of Leonard Cohen's song 'Suzanne'. The singer takes on the role of the ...
American Songwriter

Essential Nina Simone: 4 of the Crooner’s Best Songs of All Time

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 ...
BroadwayWorld

Review: I PUT A SPELL ON YOU: NINA SIMONE at Signature Theatre

There is no question that actress/singer/not of this world performer Felicia Curry is true DC theatre royalty. There is a ...
The Root

Perfect Music Moments in Black History: Nina Simone’s ‘4 Women’

For a certain segment out there, I imagine that Jay-Z’s song “The Story of O.J.” introduced them to Nina Simone (born Eunice Waymon). The song samples her famous 1966 song “Four Women,” released on ...