For those few folks for who this will be their first introduction to Nina Simone, you’re about to have a whole new world open for you. The High Priestess of Soul’s influence can be heard in the songs of Mary J. Blige, Lauryn Hill and Jeff Buckley, but her own work was often fiercely political, putting to tune, the sorrow and anger of the black civil-rights movement, as you will hear in “Why (The King of Love Is Dead)”, a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Daily Aural: Nina Simone
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JesusofAudacity
It was wites who ckilled MiLK. He wud have bin president befor Obama cept 4 witey! rest in pieces
Stephen
Gorgeous song! Too bad the comments are tainted by one of the lamest and insipid posts I’ve seen. Not only can “Jesus” not spell, he’s a hateful idiot to boot. I’m guessing he never passed English 101.
Brian
Stephen, I agree, Jesus’ post is simply ridiculous and uncalled for. For those who aren’t familiar with Nina Simone…..listen to every song you can get your hands on she was one of a kind! Happy MLK day and Inauguration day to all.
chris
Check out the live version of Mississippi Goddamn on the the To be Free box set
It is recored days after MLK’s assassination and is the most powerful and heartbreaking thing i have ever heard
strumpetwindsock
She definitely knew how to tinkle the ivories, too.
Her version of “Mood Indigo” is fabulous:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyNKNawrJKA
All tunes on the album it comes from are amazing, actually:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Girl_Blue_(Nina_Simone_album)