Before the American public knew her as Nina Simone “the high priestess of soul,” Eunice Kathleen Waymon was already making a name for herself in Western North Carolina. Born in 1933 at 30 East ...

The North Carolina childhood home of the late musical legend Nina Simone has been restored after being saved from demolition, preservationists announced. The big picture: The restoration is part of a ...

The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund hopes to open Nina Simone’s fully restored childhood home to the public in ...

Ursula Yovich has never been an artist who slips quietly into another person’s voice. When she steps into the world of Nina Simone, she does not imitate, ...

She could move from a whisper to a roar within a phrase, and her repertoire covered jazz standards, protest songs, blues and pop. Listen to these 11 favorites. By Marcus J. Moore Music played a huge ...

Preservation work is finished at the Tryon birthplace of the legendary singer, but community planning continues before it ...

Jazz legend Nina Simone had an extraordinary, tumultuous life, becoming a civil rights activist and international star from humble beginnings as Eunice Waymon in North Carolina. But one of the ...

Simone Dinnerstein: Hello, I'm Simone Dinnerstein. Tonight we are featuring three young pianists who are the winners of the inaugural Nina Simone Piano Competition here on the Young Artists Showcase. ...

TRYON—On Wednesday, December 10, a special presentation took place at Tryon Town Hall as artist Joey Withinarts gifted an oil ...

It’s a fact that Black woman are good at anything they put their mind to. This is why the world has witnessed them reign as ...