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50th Anniversary of Johnny Mathis' "Kol Nidre" Celebrated at Skirball, August 19
All About Jazz
... Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation and featuring tracks by the likes of Billie Holiday, Eartha Kitt, Jimmy Scott, Lena Horne and Nina Simone. ...


Best Coast - Crazy for You
Daily Californian
But in the midst of its slacker, pack-a-bowl aesthetic, it's the sort of pining that would have made Billie Holiday and Nina Simone proud. ...

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MAKING A MIX: With Katarina Bourdreaux
New Haven Register (subscription)
The charisma of Nina Simone's voice defies explanation. If you don't know her work — get as much of it as you can and have a listen. ...


Dance Listings
New York Times
... Monica Bill Barnes & Company will present “mostly fanfare,” a new work exploring the music of Nina Simone, as well as Ms. Barnes's witty “Another Parade ...


Online Exclusive: Juliette Lewis, the extended interview
Gauntlet
Blondie, The Stooges and Nina Simone. Then I just thought about the bare-bones, rock-and-roll animal I could love that within this structure. ...


Four short links: 28 July 2010
O'Reilly Radar (blog)
Teenagers and Social Participation (Nina Simone) -- [M]any older visitors enjoy the vibrancy of social events and are more than willing to share stories ...


EUR on the Scene: Central Avenue Ja...
Eurweb.com
Lady Walquer presented a tribute to Nina Simone, which she will be performing a full show at the Hollywood Studio Bar and Grill. The Azar Lawrence Quintet ...


Mary J. Blige heading to Fantasy Springs for Labor Day Weekend
The Desert Sun
And has also recently appeared on “30 Rock” and several films, including “I Can Do Bad All By Myself” and her upcoming turn as Nina Simone in the upcoming, ...

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Globe and Mail

What Bonnie Brooks listens to in the car
Globe and Mail
I love this version of Sinnerman by Felix da Housecat featuring Nina Simone; it's got all the music I love: soul, jazz, folk. Nina Simone's raspy heavy ...

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Latino Review

LR's The Blu Room REPO MEN Blu-Ray
Latino Review
... is mixed almost perfectly, giving you the rich detail of classic songs like Rosemary Clooney's “Sway” or Nina Simone's rendition of “Feeling Good”. ...

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Progress Index

Mrs. Patrick H. Wilson
Progress Index
Flower girls were Nina Simone Perry of Maryland, cousin of the groom, and Verniva Williams of Virginia, friend of the bride. Best men were Thomas Perry Jr. ...


Flamenco: The Cry of the Gypsy
The Epoch Times
... Bermudez had an affinity for African-American blues and was deeply influenced by the great Jazz singers Nina Simone and Billy Holiday. ...


Record turnout likely at 3-day Telluride fest
Denver Post
Dave Honig's New Standards Project pays tribute to Nina Simone and Nick Drake at the Pearl Martini Lounge on Aug. 6. Bret Saunders' column on jazz appears ...


Songs in the key of life Local residents share the music they can't live without
The Hudson Reporter
I own a recording studio [Machines with Magnets in Providence, RI [It would be] The Clash, Edith Piaf, Chopin, Nina Simone, and Jawbreaker. ...


Loving (Courtney) Love: She rocks hard with Hole and disses Madonna
CultureMap
She then moved into previously unmarked territory for Hole with hollow, vocal-heavy covers of Nine Inch Nails' "Closer"and Nina Simone's "Feeling Good. ...

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Holly Miranda Ignores 'Superfluous' Hype
Spinner
The first time I ever heard someone do that was Nina Simone covering 'Suzanne' by Leonard Cohen. I just wanted to try and do that. I covered 'Please, Please ...


Songbirds: Rare Clips of Mid-Century Female Singers at the Library of Congress
Express from The Washington Post (blog)
Among the performers showcased: Nancy Sinatra, Joni Mitchell, Aretha Franklin and Nina Simone. » Library of Congress, Mary Pickford Theatre, ...


Albany Times Union

Monica Bill Barnes to premiere new dance at Jacob's Pillow
Albany Times Union
Created in part during an artist's residency at the Pillow last October, the piece was sparked, Barnes said, by the music of Nina Simone. ...


Crawdaddy! The Magazine of Rock (blog)

Origin of Song: Bittersweet Tales of “Isn't It a Pity”
Crawdaddy! The Magazine of Rock (blog)
“Isn't It a Pity” has been rendered by names with a similar heaviness of heart as Harrison's, artists as extreme as Eric Clapton and his ax, Nina Simone and ...


Book Review | 'One Day'
Louisville Courier-Journal
... rooms where you were never more than six feet from a Nina Simone album, and though he'd rarely seen the same bedroom twice, it was all too familiar. ...


SanFranciscoSentinel.com

THE BLACK SABBATH - SAN FRANCISCO CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM PRESENTS 'THE ...
SanFranciscoSentinel.com
... by Danny Kaye and Harry Belafonte singing Hava Nagila and another in which Nina Simone sings the Israeli folk favorite Eretz Zavat Chalav in Hebrew. ...


Monica Bill Barnes and Celia Rowlson-Hall Join At Jacob's Pillow Dance 7/28-8/1
Broadway World
here we are, a solo for Barnes set to Nina Simone's "Wild is the Wind", was described by Quinn Batson for OFFOFFOFF.com as "scintillating. ...


Philadelphia's blues-soul artist Deb Callahan makes debut appearance in Forada
Alexandria Echo Press
She has been compared to musical icons such as Bonnie Raitt, Joan Osborne and Janis Joplin but it is Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin and early Tina Turner that ...

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Minnesota Music Moments, and this week's jazz picks
MinnPost.com (blog)
Her music draws from jazz, gospel and R&B; she has been compared to Nina Simone and Abbey Lincoln. I love her takes on “A Taste of Honey” and Neil Young's ...


On Stage
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By 2003, she began a solo career with "Salt," a debut that got her compared to Cassandra Wilson and Nina Simone. With a repertoire that includes Neil Young ...


JazzTimes Magazine

Nadine Cohodas: Crafting the Narrative
JazzTimes Magazine
Her most recent book is Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone. She spoke with JT about that book and her other books on music. ...


Breakmen coming to Bella Coola festival this weekend
Williams Lake Tribune
... The Breakmen are influenced by a wide variety of musical talents including Bill Monroe, Willie P. Bennett, Nina Simone and Hank Williams. ...

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MTV UK

U2 guitarist The Edge is a surprise guest...
MTV UK
... tracks from The Resistance (their latest album), and their high-drama rendition of Nina Simone 's Feeling Good, all illuminated by a massive light show. ...
MUSE: PYRAMID STAGE (Saturday)This is Somerset
Muse Joined By The EdgeClashMusic.com

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Old theatre makes Drayton feel like home
Drayton Valley Western Review
Charming, funny, beautiful and very pregnant she could belt it in the style of Nina Simone and scat like Ella Fitzgerald! She was mesmerizing to watch and ...


Altsounds.com

DAWN KINNARD ANNOUNCES SECOND ALBUM 'WRONG SIDE OF THE DREAM'
Altsounds.com
They listened to their favourite artists - Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan and Nina Simone. Songs were written, walks were taken, fires were made, ...
Dawn Kinnard set to release new Album Wrong Side Of The DreamStereoboard.com

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Don Cherry, butter tarts and a maharaja
Vancouver Sun
A short mental hop soon found me meditating on Mississippi Goddam, the signature tune by Nina Simone (1933-2003). Released in 1964, the blistering protest ...


The Dinner Party
The Vine (blog)
Nina Simone, you sit over there next to Baz- can I call you Baz? Vera Bermuda: and Nick Cave- that's right, you sit there. The Dalai Lama- The Dalai Lama: ...


New York Times

Mississippi Invaded by Idealism
New York Times
Nina Simone was recording a new single most people in the state wouldn't get to hear either: “Mississippi Goddam.” Blacks in Mississippi were almost ...

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NOLA.com

Mary J. Blige unveils her new fragrance at Essence Music Fest
NOLA.com
And now, she's preparing for the fall launch of Melodies by Mary J. Blige, a new eyewear line, and is learning French to play Nina Simone in a film about ...

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Wilkes Barre Times-Leader

MEET JULIE SIDONI
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
It goes from Diana Krall and Nina Simone to Stone Temple Pilots, Tori Amos and '90s pop and rock. I love Sting and am a huge fan of The Police. ...


Telegraph.co.uk

Hollywood actor Tim Robbins tells of 'midlife crisis'
Telegraph.co.uk
Robbins's choice of music for his desert island included Let's Get it On by Marvin Gaye, Sinnerman by Nina Simone and In Your Mind by Johnny Cash. ...

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MUSIC: Porto Franco Records Presents: Kacey Johansing & Ramon and Jessica
Mission Local
Johansing's jazz-inflected phrasing also brings to mind Nina Simone, her sweetly arching wail can echo Van Morrison, and the warm background vocal harmonies ...


We Are Movie Geeks

Review: LET IT RAIN
We Are Movie Geeks
I did get a smile from a couple of American references (one of the young boys dresses up as Superman and Nina Simone plays on the soundtrack), but it's just ...

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Metro

Brahms: The Complete Violin Sonatas is a seductive listen
Metro
The first half mixes spirituals with songs by Duke Ellington and Nina Simone, while the second explores the influence of black musicians in France and ...


Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Culturekiosque
... to the music of Fats Waller, Eubie Blake, and others. The vivid emotions of Nina Simone's "Wild is the Wind" play out in In/Side, Robert Battle's solo.


Music Review: Janiva Magness - The Devil Is An Angel, Too
Blogcritics.org (blog)
She takes a stab at "Feelin' Good," a standard originally written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for a 1964 musical and everyone from Nina Simone to ...


Readers recommend: songs about manual labour
The Guardian (blog)
Nina Simone – Sinnerman – I have been overexposed to this track too, but not by choice, rather the fault of Sinnerman being synced to some godawful car ad ...

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Best of the best: Demetri Martin, 2010 Lilith Tour, Blue Water Fest
Detroit Free Press
... Each Tear," made a splashy chart debut back in December, and there's a movie in the works in which she'll play hip '60s singer-songwriter Nina Simone. ...

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Don't become blue over Indigo Buntings
Hattiesburg American
And I could feel the grin rise on my face as I started whistling along with Nina Simone's voice in my head - "You ain't never been blue, till you've had ...

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CNN International

The Nigerian hip hop star hailed as the next big thing
CNN International
It is no surprise that the petite Nigerian-born singer-songwriter lists Bob Marley and Nina Simone among her influences. Just as it was for them, ...

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NOLA.com

Michael Buble was both crooner and comedian at the New Orleans Arena
NOLA.com
The big band high-kicks of Nina Simone's “Feeling Good” also suit him well. But there was little reason to revisit such well-traveled standards as “Georgia ...


Global Beat Fusion: Swinging Babies and Indian Bossa
Huffington Post (blog)
... back to early jazz studies to reconstruct a forties-era sound in the way of "He Got Away" and the percussive dreamscape of Nina Simone with "Sans Souci. ...


All About Jazz

Bettye Lavette: Interpretations - The British Rock Songbook
All About Jazz
... Get You Into My Life, " or even Nina Simone's version of George Harrison's "Isn't It A Pity" (not so different from the reading given here by Lavette). ...

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New York Observer

A Met Lifer Steps Down
New York Observer
When we announced Nina Simone, Time magazine had a double-page splash because it was very unusual for museums to have jazz. The '80s became more formal; ...


The Punk Nijinsky
The Age
So Clark is adding Nina Simone and Kraftwerk to the mix. He's also performing, although, having had five knee operations, he says, ''I'm the non-dancer now ...

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