A small three-room house in Tryon, North Carolina, once stood close to demolition. It was the childhood home of Nina Simone, the powerful singer, pianist and civil rights activist born Eunice Waymon.

A new book traces the careers of five talented Black women artists and activists who converged at a venue where performance ...

While Nina Simone was forcing audiences to meet her at her level, critics were busy drawing the wrong comparisons to her, so ...

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Nina Simone earns her first RIAA certification as “Feeling Good” skips straight to double platinum, decades after becoming her definitive recording. American singer, songwriter, pianist and civil ...

Nina Simone and Bob Dylan were, in a way, two sides of the same coin. They were both people who used music as a form of activism and political commentary. They were both talented songwriters who ...

Photos courtesy of Netflix/What Happened Miss Simone? Nina Simone’s deep, near-androgynous voice could fill a room to its ceiling, and it does just that on her 1958 cover of “The Other Woman.” The ...

Nina Simone was a complicated woman. That complexity was one of many things about her that launched her to stardom as one of the most revered and beloved jazz and R&B singer/songwriters of her ...

Nina Simone was a luminary who continues to shape the world and new artists to this day. But before she became the High Priestess of Soul, Simone was Eunice Waymon, a girl from North Carolina, born 93 ...

Nina Simone’s childhood home in Tryon, North Carolina has been restored. As of late 2025, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund announced it completed restorations of the house, helping ...

Nina Simone’s timeless legacy isn’t just heard in her soul-stirring melodies—it’s reflected in the way her beauty defied convention and celebrated unapologetic Blackness. From her radiant skin to her ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...