Nina Simone: Rock's Unlikely Rebelby Denise Sullivan • June 5, 2009"I want to shake people up. I want to shake people up more." These words were once spoken by international super-artist Nina Simone. It's safe to say she succeeded with her mission: More than 50 years after her debut, few can match Simone's supreme gifts as a vocalist, pianist, and arranger, the diversity of her repertoire, and ...
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A whole lot of Nina Simone live material is about to be unveiled for the first time ever. The Protest Anthology features rare, previously unreleased live performances and interviews with the Empress in her heyday. The collection revolves around her most politically outspoken songs, including 11 "unheard" live tracks and 8 "unseen" video interviews. Starting Tuesday, Amazon will have high-qua...
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http://treblezine.com/reviews/2889-Nina_Simone_To_Be_Free.htmlNina SimoneTo Be FreeLegacy2008In the original era of 1960s political correctness when entertainers toned down their personal rhetoric to continue their careers as performing artists, Nina Simone could never be silenced. She was the voice of freedom. The original chanteuse channeled passionate reasoning and emotional fire to sing abo...
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Having fallen into a pit of zombie-like traits this past week or so (due to my looming exams), I have found the music that has been keeping me relatively sane...or at least alive.Nina Simone, what a woman. If there is any voice on the face of this planet that moves me, it is the voice of Nina Simone. This song is absolutely gorgeous, heartbreaking (a word I find overly-used in many music review...
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awesome stuff! i love this song
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Well I just joined this site. Hi. My name's Jeff.It seems like a really cool site, and since all I ever do is listen to music it should prove eventful.
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I thought this was a very clever and elaborate hoax, but apparently it's for real. For $70, you can purchase a (very nicely-designed, I might add) vibrator that responds to the rhythm of the music coming from your iPod. The web site is "here":ohmibod - warning parts may be NSFW, use your discretion.Kids these days, I tell ya wut. What will they think of next?[ohmibod]http://www.ohmibod.com/ohmi...
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Nina Simone (1933 – 2003)) gets the box set treatment with the forthcoming release of To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story:(...) a deluxe new four-disc (three CDs DVD) box set that is the most comprehensive and wide-ranging collection of Nina Simone’s music ever compiled. Containing 51 audio tracks – eight of them previously unreleased – covering her recording years from 1957 to 1993 for the Be...
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Here she is, going back to her jazz roots, in 1962, covering one of Duke Ellington's best loved tunes. This is perhaps more cheerfully uptempo than the general perception of serious, committed Nina, but is none the worse for it.
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Live @ the Village Gate, 1961Nina Simone - vocals, pianoAl Shackman - guitarChris White - bassRob Hamilton - drums
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[Nina Simone - Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter / 5:18]If you are crazy enough to peruse his words and lend your ears to the scrivener, you have surely noticed I have a tender fondness for this lady. No, not Chloé above but this one.Her voice has ensnared me for quite a while. And now, she flings her funky net to capture all of your mosquitoes buzzing around her like in a tropical mist.The fun...
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A whole lot of Nina Simone live material is about to be unveiled for the first time ever. The Protest Anthology features rare, previously unreleased live performances and interviews with the Empress in her heyday. The collection revolves around her most politically outspoken songs, including 11 "unheard" live tracks and 8 "unseen" video interviews. Starting Tuesday, Amazon will have high-qua...
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| 1 Isn't It a Pity |
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| 2 I Can't See Nobody |
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| 3 Feeling Good |
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| 4 Angel of the Morning |
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| 5 I Shall Be Released |
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