Tribute Mixes

Tribute to NINA SIMONE – Mixed & Selected by Dj Kobal

I hand-picked 80 minutes of some of my favourite music recorded by The High Priestess of Soul. Nina Simone was a singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop. Follow Kobal’s Mixcloud …

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Music Books

“NINA”, a Beautiful Illustrated Children’s Book

Nina is a children’s book by Bruno Liance and Alice Brière-Haquet. And much like music icon Nina Simone’s oeuvre, it goes much deeper than most would. The story goes that, one night, Nina’s daughter Lisa cannot go to sleep, her mom chooses to tell her the story of her first …

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“The Real Nina Simone” 1968 Interview in Down Beat Magazine

Enjoy this long lost interview with Nina Simone from 1968. Great read! via Down Beat Magazine (January 1968): I heard Nina Simone for the first time in person in October at the Village Gate. Impressed, I readily agreed to the suggestion of an interview by a press representative of the …

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Nina Simone - The House Of The Rising Sun (1968)
Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Nina Simone “House Of The Rising Sun” (1968)

No lengthy introduction needed; the recording speaks for itself: Nina Simone performing “House Of The Rising Sun” live at The Bitter End in NYC in 1968. This is one of those songs whose mythos is as dense as the register of artists performing it. From Andy Griffith to Dylan, the …

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Forgotten Treasure: Nina Simone “Four Women”

Forgotten Treasure: Nina Simone “Four Women” (Live)

After reading a great article on Nina Simone who is on the cover of the latest issue of Wax Poetics I did some digging around for some live footage. I found this pretty amazing live concert at Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969! I also found this footage of the Priestess …

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