A new mini-documentary offering insight into the history of Nina Simone’s iconic protest anthem “Mississippi Goddam,” was just released.
The 'Happy Birthday, Miss Simone' campaign is a rolling invitation to celebrate the unique artist’s outstanding career and enduring impact across music, fashion, and more.
'Summer of Soul' focuses on the little-known history of the Harlem Cultural Festival, dubbed “the Black Woodstock.”
Since its indefinite postponement, the festival has decided to release, for free, over 50 live performances from iconic artists like Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Johnny Cash, James Brown, and more.
The newly announced Nina Simone vinyl box set brings together all 7 albums from her time on Philips Label, and arguably at her peak.
One about Ronnie Scott and his legendary London jazz/rock club, and the other is 'Music, Money, Madness…Jimi Hendrix In Maui' finally making its theatrical debut.
The performances will come from his time living in France and includes films from Ella Fitzgerald, Thelonious Monk Quartet, Miles Davis Quintet, and Nina Simone.
The extent to which aspects of both classic art and contemporary music took on different meanings when paired together amazed me. The withdrawn looks of the subjects became coy and knowing when I wondered what secrets they would reveal “if these walls could talk”, Haim’s defiant anthem of “baby, don’t save me” became the voice of women in French high society, and Nina Simone’s simple lament felt inspired by the Avenue de Chantilly. Where the more traditional music pairings became incidental, the contemporary pieces were in dialogue with the paintings, both resisting and conforming to the tone suggested by the music.
