“My thing, what I hope to do all the time is to be so completely myself, that my audiences and even people who meet me are confronted. They’re confronted with what I am inside and out, as honest as I can be. In this way they have to see things about themselves immediately.” -Nina Simone
Tag: Nina Simone
Five Songs For The End of The Week
Across the country workers are on strike for fair wages and benefits and safe working conditions. In their honor, five songs of protest and solidarity. https://youtu.be/ZW_1hP0SHSQ https://youtu.be/UcDpmzQh3YU https://youtu.be/TaKD1Vdarnw https://youtu.be/vyUruSCMhu8 https://youtu.be/DwbzxemJZIc
Are Four Artists Enough For a Lifetime of Listening Pleasure?
Could you really listen to only four musical artists for the rest of your life? Of course not, but it’s fun to think about. Everyday is a new opportunity to fall in musical love. A single song is all it takes. I fell for Carmen McRae, Nina Simone, and Grace Jones one song at a… Continue reading Are Four Artists Enough For a Lifetime of Listening Pleasure?