It was less than a decade ago that I first heard Nina Simone sing. It was Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released," and though I'd heard countless vocalists cover Dylan's songs, never before had I ...

Billie Holiday and Nina Simone may seem like the stalwarts of jazz, but how did Simone's former inspiration turn into someone she hated? Find out here.

In honor of her 71st birthday today, we’re taking a trip down memory lane with Nina Simone’s inspiring beauty moments over the years. Nina Simone’s timeless legacy isn’t just heard in her ...

Fresh off the heels of their 2025 Grammy win for Best Instrumental Composition, the Akropolis Reed Quintet will perform in ...

Sophie Willoughby, 38, joined a group of singers who all have the condition to record the Nina Simone song 'Don't Let Me Be ...

American experimental rock band Swans return this week with their 17th studio album, Birthing. Still led by Michael Gira, who ...

Khadejha McCall was a rising design star in New York before her life changed course.

It has roots deeply embedded in the Black experience. Blues has long been a powerful expression of the struggles, joys and ...

Featuring: Stereolab, Pulp, Suede, Saint Etienne, Baxter Dury, Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens), Mei Semones, mary in the junkyard, and more of May's best stuff.

In Yakima, where housing is limited and tenant rights like "quiet enjoyment" are protected by law, small acts like changing a ...

These are plays ranging from side-splitting comedies or heartbreaking observations of struggles we all often face in our ...

The German-born cabaret performer’s latest album celebrates the 125th anniversary of Kurt Weill’s birth, yoking classics to ...