New children's picture book biography Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd, illustrated by Christian Robinson, explores the famed singer's career and civil rights activism. A new children’s ...

The charm and concision of the best graphic biographies provide dramatic scenes and pithy captions that can evoke a life better than whole paragraphs and pages of narrative biographies. Even so, ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. We review “Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone” by ...

The late Nina Simone (left) will be played by Zoe Saldana (right) in ‘Nina’ While talking with The Hollywood Reporter, Ben Latham-Jones the newly named owner of Ealing Studios — the film house that ...

Nina Simone is born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina on February 21, 1933. Simone graduates from Allen High School for Girls in Asheville, North Carolina. She spends the summer at the ...

The late Nina Simone‘s younger brother, Sam Waymon, who played in her band for years, joined our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast for a uniquely intimate look at his legendary sister’s life and music.

Goodspeed Musicals has added the one-woman, two-act show “Little Girl Blue: The Nina Simone Musical” to this summer’s Goodspeed by the River series of outdoor concerts in East Haddam. “Little Girl ...

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Nina Simone (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical styles including classical, ...

She could move from a whisper to a roar within a phrase, and her repertoire covered jazz standards, protest songs, blues and pop. Listen to these 11 favorites. By Marcus J. Moore Music played a huge ...