This is FRESH AIR. In April, the late singer, songwriter and pianist Nina Simone will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In anticipation, two compilations of Simone's early singles have ...

The Grammy and Oscar-nominated documentary "What Happened, Nina Simone?" depicts the musician's downward spiral. NPR's Michel Martin interviews daughter Lisa Simone Kelly and director Liz Garbus.

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 ...

In 2017, four Black artists bought Simone's childhood home in Tryon, N.C., to save it from demolition. Artists inspired by Simone's music raised close to $6 million to make it into a cultural center.

I had the privilege of meeting and interviewing Nina Simone and over time becoming friends with her. I have never met a more talented or complicated person in my life. Nina could be little girl blue; ...

And remarkably, some 60 years after his heyday, the composer-lyricist is having a moment. In A Quiet Place: Day One, a woman who may be the last human survivor on a Manhattan infested with aliens ...

The North Carolina home of singer, pianist and civil rights activist Nina Simone has sold. Now the new owners are trying to figure out how to... New Owners Work To Preserve Legacy Of Nina Simone's ...

Cara Robertson shares the song that helping her get through these times - Nina Simone's cover of the 1970 hit O-o-h Child. The Pandemic Separated Her From Her Sick Mom. Nina Simone Helped Her Cope ...

Next, we're going to tell you the story of a dream almost deferred. It begins with a little girl raised in the segregated South of the '30s and '40s. TRACI TODD: It was Eunice Kathleen Waymon. She was ...

And remarkably, some 60 years after his heyday, the composer-lyricist is having a moment. In A Quiet Place: Day One, a woman who may be the last human survivor on a Manhattan infested with aliens ...

You've been telling us about the songs that are getting you through this stressful time. For Cara Robertson (ph) of Santa Monica, Calif., it's Nina Simone's cover of the 1970 hit "O-o-h Child." ...