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Nina Simone: Live at Montreux 1976: The singer-songwriter in concert. Nina Simone: Live at Montreux 1976 airs on BBC Four HD at 11:00 PM, Sunday 25 February. The singer-songwriter in concert

Lee Dorrian is more than just the owner of flagship British metal label Rise Above and North London record shop Rise Above Records & Relics –  the former Napalm Death and Cathedral sin

Ahead of an album of previously unreleased 1966 live recordings, we appraise the strident, sexual, socially conscious songcraft of a truly indomitable artist

The outfits of Elizabeth Taylor, Cher, and Rihanna are highlights, even if the onslaught of glitz can become overwhelming

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Soweto Kinch, with White Juju, has given us a means to reflect on a global pandemic, writes Anne Frankenstein

Supremely talented but as volatile as nitro-glycerine, Nina Simone often seemed to epitomise the diva from hell. Demanding, petulant, outspoken and

(Photo of Nina Simone Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) In life and song Simone referred to them ceaselessly, either as collaborators or when their conversations were quoted. Consider the ways that Hughes was present in Simone’s practice. Known as one of Simone’s most cut-throat civil rights offerings, Backlash Blues was written by Hughes. If not written, his spoken word was also considered at performances like the 1967 live recording where Simone had the fol...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Review: Questloves Revelatory 1969 Harlem-Concert Documentary Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Review: Questloves Revelatory 1969 Harlem-Concert Documentary Buried for 50 years, the spectacular filmed footage of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival reveals a musical moment - and a Black revolution - in full flower. Owen Gleiberman, provided by