Nina Simone
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That's why we first clicked, because we could sit down and talk about a super-big heavy-metal band like Mastodon together ... And we could also talk about Nina Simone and have the same love of both those artists. It didn't matter that they were worlds apart in terms of genre - the conviction and the energy of them, and that they're both challenging in their own field, that's what we both like.
If you like Nina Simone, Florence & The Machine and/or Bjork, then we think you will enjoy Kimbra - her music reminds us of all those fierce ladies!
the product of a night of unrestrained indulgence between Peggy Lee, Mel Brooks, Nina Simone, Dean Martin and Janis Joplin.More quotes »
Around the web
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EXCLUSIVE: Mary J. Blige on Playing Nina Simone, Acting, and the 20th Anniversary of "What's the 411"
ESSENCE June guest editor and cover star Mary J. Blige sits down with ESSENCE Editor-in-Chief Constance C.R. White to chat about her blossoming acting career and being inspired by legendary singer, Nina Simone, whom she will be playing in an upcoming bio from Essence Magazine Read more »
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Music to Cook By: Buck by Nina Simone
Every week, Good Food’s Music Supervisor Gary Mecija selects a song to cook by. All of Gary’s music selections are added to Good Food’s Music to Cook By Playlist which lives on the right-hand sidebar of the Good Food Blog. This week’s selection is Buck b from KCRW Good Food Blog Read more »
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Peter Straker's Brel (The Komedia Studio, Brighton) - WhatsOnStage.com
Jacques Brel, Belgian singer/songwriter, was what the French would call a ‘chansonnier’ – a story-teller of profound, often tragic, dark and raucous songs like Amsterdam. Brel is a cult figure and artistic father to Bob Dylan and the new wave of singer/s from Brighton & Hove News Read more »
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Sony Awards 2012 – full list of winners
The Sony Radio Academy Awards – the biggest awards night in the radio calendar – have taken place in London. The BBC won 22 Golds whilst commercial radio took home 13, with the Guardian and a prison radio station taking one each. The full list is below: from Radio Today Read more »
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Remembering 1972
I’ve spent a surprising amount of time recently thinking about music from 1973. This is not as random as it appears – I’ve just finished watching the BBC TV series Life On Mars , about a Manchester cop who has an accident and wakes up – in 1973. The seri from WNYC | New York Public Radio Read more »
