Ironically, the Beatles’ “Revolution” isn’t about a revolution — or is it? At different points, the lyrics promote and criticize the idea of a revolution. Above all, the track is ambivalent — while ...

John Lennon was listening to a Nina Simone song before co-writing The Beatles’ “Michelle.” John said The Beatles’ “Michelle” would have been different if it was written solely by Paul McCartney.

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 ...

When John Lennon introduced his multiple versions of the politically charged “Revolution” to the Beatles, it sowed seeds of discord among the Fab Four, worldwide, and more specifically, Nina Simone.

Nickodemus, Kiko Navarro, and Cole Williams reimagine a Nina Simone deep cut on their new collaboration “Obeah Woman,” whipping up an afro-house storm of steadily increasing intensity. Simone closed ...

Nina Simone once dreamed of becoming the first Black female classical pianist to play Carnegie Hall, but when she finally made it there on April 12, 1963, she was working in a different idiom. Her set ...

On July 23, 2021, Ledisi, the New Orleans-born and Oakland-raised singer, pays tribute to the legendary Nina Simone with the album Ledisi Sings Nina. Featuring seven songs of social and personal ...