Nina Simone

This Woman’s Work: ‘Black Gold’ by Nina Simone

February 3, 2020This Woman's Work

A live album that captured the rage and hope of the civil rights movement.

Indie rocker Joan As Police Woman is mellower but honest as ever

June 1, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

Singer Alina Simone in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, Russia

When Alina Simone (not her real name) met Alina Simone (not her real name either…)

November 20, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

50 years after death, civil rights icon Medgar Evers recalled in music he inspired

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Cambodian Space Project Rocks Phnom Penh

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

The Legacy of the National Black Theatre

August 14, 2013

Nina Simone was just one of the immense talents to grace the stage of the National Black Theatre over it’s long history in Harlem. Others like actor Ruby Dee, and poets Maya Angelou and Nikki Giovanni also performed there. We look at the important cultural legacy of the National Black Theatre, which was founded by the late […]