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 ...

Simone is the latest artist honored in Thornton’s “Beyond Category” series that Thornton Dean Jason King described as “an ...

"Anything human can be felt through music, which means that there is no limit to the creating that can be done with music. It's infinite. It's like God, you know?" ~ Nina Simone, DownBeat interview, ...

The secret ingredient in her music was silence. By Cannonball With Wesley Morris She could move from a whisper to a roar within a phrase, and her repertoire covered jazz standards, protest songs, ...

As part of a yearlong celebration of Nina Simone’s 90 th birthday, a newly discovered recording from the Tryon, North Carolina-born singer’s performance at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival is set for ...

Nina Simone was one of the most influential figures in rhythm and blues music during the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Tryon, North Carolina in 1933, her musical career spanned over 30 years until her ...

'Soul Doctor,' the movie musical about the iconic singer's romance and love of music, hits the big screen on June 13 Janine Rubenstein is Editor-at-Large at PEOPLE and host of PEOPLE Every Day podcast ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TRYON, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – These days, ...

I'm Ed Gordon; next time on NEWS AND NOTES: former Atlanta Mayor and U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young has taken on a controversial position with retail giant Wal-Mart. He joins me to discuss his new role ...

When Laiona Michelle walks onto the small stage in the giant outdoor tent where Goodspeed has been doing its shows all summer, she casts an eye on the audience: “Look at all these groovy white people!

The luminary musician Roberta Flack was not in the 2004 edition of “The Rolling Stone Album Guide.” But on this episode of “Cannonball,” Wesley Morris, the host, makes the case for why she would be in ...