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Lisa Simone on loving and fearing her mother Nina: ‘On my 16th, she cursed the day I was born’

As the only child of the legendary musician and civil rights activist, Lisa Simone experienced her mother’s brilliance – and her rage. She talks about the joy, the pain and how they finally made peace

The Guardian - UK

Real-life ‘Doc Martin’ village in Cornwall finally hires a GP - after locals made pop video to attract one

Villagers made a song to the tune of Nina Simone’s iconic hit Ain’t Got No, I Got Life to try and woo a doctor.

The Independent UK

Nina Simone is first black person to be Desert Island Discs’ most selected artist of year

Exclusive: Analysis shows change in guests and tastes help jazz musician keep classical music off top spot

The Guardian - UK

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Springsteen, Dolly Parton and the Killers: songs presidential candidates think make them look good

From paranoia-tinged GOP favorite Mr Brightside to a Mozart banger, you can learn a lot from music a person pretends to like

The Guardian - US

‘Oh my God, this is like recording Nina Simone’: David Holmes on producing Sinéad O’Connor’s final album

Over the last five years, O’Connor and Holmes made an unreleased album about healing. He recalls his time working with ‘the purest voice we will ever hear’

The Guardian - UK

Nina Simone’s lost set at 60s Newport Jazz Festival released as an album

Nina Simone fans have a reason for feeling good

The Independent UK

Nina Simone’s lost set at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival released as an album

Nina Simone fans have a reason for feeling good

The Independent UK

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Nina Simone’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

Ahead of an album of previously unreleased 1966 live recordings, we appraise the strident, sexual, socially conscious songcraft of a truly indomitable artist

The Guardian - UK

9 of the best music documentaries to watch this weekend (Disney+, Netflix, Prime Video)

Banish your Glastonbury blues by streaming a brilliant music documentary this weekend.

What Hi-Fi?

Smoke on the water, and music in the air: the magic of Montreux, Switzerland

The town’s fabled music festival is just one side of a place that is framed by natural beauty to hike through – and wine heritage you can savour

The Guardian - UK

Bettye Lavette: Lavette! review – more heart-on-sleeve power from the soul veteran

Backed by a superb session band, Lavette continues her renaissance with an album of songs that play to her considerable strengths

The Guardian - UK

Nina Simone, Bob Marley and powerviolence: why Zulu are the most vital hardcore band of 2023

Code Orange and Turnstile might have put hardcore back on mainstream radars, but LA's Zulu are paving the genre's future

Metal Hammer

Venus Williams and artists are helping to restore Nina Simone's childhood home

Venus Williams is helping to save the childhood home of music icon and civil rights activist Nina Simone.

Los Angeles Times

$6m raised to preserve Nina Simone's childhood home

NEW YORK: An art auction and New York gala have raised nearly US$6 million to preserve and restore the childhood home of soul music legend and civil rights activist Nina Simone, organisers said Tuesday.

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Evening Standard

Ballet Black at Theatre Royal Stratford East review: Nina Simone’s story in dance is a fierce crowd-pleaser

Ballet Black channels art, activism and radical beauty with this invigorating double bill

Homes & Gardens

Venus Williams is restoring Nina Simone's historic home in North Carolina – here's how

'I'm so excited to be a part of this expansive project centering on the life and legacy of Nina Simone': how the tennis star is restoring the singer's 'humble' childhood home

The Guardian - UK

Ballet Black: Pioneers review – an uplifting tribute to Nina Simone

Mthuthuzeli November’s passionate new work celebrating the musician is paired with Will Tuckett’s fine piece inspired by the poet Adrienne Rich

The Independent UK

The Week on Stage: From The Great British Bake Off Musical to Bonnie and Clyde

A guide to the week’s theatre

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Tom’s Guide

43 best movies on Disney Plus to watch now (January 2025)

We've gone through Disney Plus to pull the very best of the best from the House of Mouse. Here are the best movies on Disney Plus.

The Guardian - UK

Which Nina Simone song was a tribute to the writer Lorraine Hansberry? The Saturday quiz

From Joe Biden’s birthplace to Fuzzypeg, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Independent UK

Angelo Badalamenti: Composer with a penchant for unsettling soundtracks

His dreamlike pieces for David Lynch’s ‘Twin Peaks’ left an eduring mark

The Guardian - UK

Angelo Badalamenti was a master composer who created theme music history with Twin Peaks

The composer had an esteemed career working with David Bowie and Nina Simone, but it was his unique partnership with David Lynch that set a benchmark for dramatic scores

ABC News

Angelo Badalamenti, Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet composer, dead at 85

Badalamenti also dabbled in music away from film and TV, working with The Pet Shop Boys, David Bowie, Anthrax, Nina Simone and more.

The Guardian - AU

Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch’s composer on Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and more, dies aged 85

Musician collaborated with Lynch on multiple projects and albums, and also worked with the likes of Paul McCartney, David Bowie and Nina Simone

The Conversation

The folk philosophy of Bob Dylan: riffs, grifters, history – and a terrific playlist

Bob Dylan, sing-songwriter and Nobel laureate, has spent a career confounding expectations. What, then, should one expect of his new book, The Philosophy of Modern Song? Firstly, “modern song” should read “American modern song”, since almost all of the 66 songs discussed by Dylan are American. And by “modern”, we…

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