Nina Simone
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What's Playing in Alicia Keys' Ear?
… discovering people who are a little less discovered." Nina Simone , How It Feels to Be Free (Hear Music/BMG): "She is ..... Sinnerman' when I'm looking for energy, but a lot of Nina Simone I listen to when I'm feeling mellow; at dusk, she …
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How They Discovered Their Dream Careers
… cooked for her as a child ("By Sunday night, I'd be wandering around the house wearing a cocktail dress, singing Nina Simone songs, holding a martini glass full of apple juice," she wrote). The more she hammed it up, the more her audience …
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What's Playing in Dave Matthews's Ear?
… like brothers from different mothers." Their sensibilities are perfectly intertwined." Download This: "Brazil" Nina Simone , Ne Me Quitte Pas (Universal Music France, 1954): "She's thrilled me for as long as I can remember. The vulnerability …
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Oprah Talks to Alicia Keys
… admirer. Who else did you listen to growing up? Alicia: Curtis Mayfield, Sly and the Family Stone, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone , Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald. Oprah: Chopin and Mozart. Alicia: Nirvana and Led Zeppelin. Oprah: You signed …
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The Moment that Defined Spirituality
… in the painting. And this summer I travel with Vincent, Antoni, Anselm, Jean Michele, Jackson, Eva, Willem, Nina Simone , and Sofie von Otter." (July 1, 2006) Patti Smith Singer and poet When you look at the face of your child for …
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Zoe Saldana's Favorite Things
… nothing like New York Chinese food. Q: If you could have dinner with anyone living or dead, who would it be? A: Nina Simone . I'm completely obsessed and enamored with her music and how bold and naked she was as an artist with her lyrics …
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Audra McDonald Performs "Summertime"
Broadway star Audra McDonald performs "Summertime" from the Gershwin classic Porgy and Bess.
