Jenifer Lewis: Nina Simone Was Raw And Unafraid
Last year Simone (Lisa Simone Kelly), the daughter of singer Nina Simone paid homage to her iconic mother on Mother's Day with the re-launch of NinaSi...
Last year Simone (Lisa Simone Kelly), the daughter of singer Nina Simone paid homage to her iconic mother on Mother's Day with the re-launch of NinaSi...
Posted 04.05.2012
Last year Simone (Lisa Simone Kelly), the daughter of singer Nina Simone paid homage to her iconic mother on Mother's Day with the re-launch of NinaSi...
Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.27.2012
fea | Posted 03.23.2012
With Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin's birthday coming up this Sunday, the time is ripe to honor standout African-American women vocalists from the last...
Posted 03.08.2012
Last year Simone (Lisa Simone Kelly), the daughter of singer Nina Simone paid homage to her iconic mother on Mother's Day with the re-launch of NinaSi...
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 04.11.2012
This week we review albums by Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Sia, Of Montreal, Bobby Womack, Wild Nothing, Jimmy Durante and other artists.
Posted 02.02.2012
With Black History Month in full swing, this month also marks the 79th birthday (February 21) of Nina Simone. In addition to the celebration of Simone...
Laura Prudom | Posted 03.23.2012
Ali's take on Corinne Bailey Rae's "Just Like a Star" was raspy and tremulous ... There was an Adele-like quality to her tone that made her interesting to listen to.
Posted 01.04.2012
Last year Simone (Lisa Simone Kelly), the daughter of singer Nina Simone paid homage to her iconic mother on Mother's Day with the re-launch of NinaSi...
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 02.15.2012
This week we review albums by Doris Day, The Talking Heads, Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Caretaker, and other artists.
Posted 12.08.2011
Earlier this year Simone (Lisa Simone Kelly), the daughter of singer Nina Simone paid homage to her iconic mother on Mother's Day with the re-launch o...
HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Bahr | Posted 11.19.2011
Last April, artist Ryan Wollard was fed up. Programs for the arts and teaching programs were being cut left and right, and labor unions were under att...
Rebecca Sive | Posted 01.11.2012
Notwithstanding Mississippi's reputation as an oh-so-backward state, Mississippians -- just like the rest of us -- think carefully as they head to the polls.
Posted 01.02.2012
As previously reported, Simone (born Lisa Celeste Stroud), the daughter of singer Nina Simone paid homage to her iconic mother on Mother's Day with th...
Posted 12.05.2011
As previously reported, Simone (born Lisa Celeste Stroud), the daughter of singer Nina Simone paid homage to her iconic mother on Mother’s Day with ...
Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.21.2011
HuffingtonPost.com | Rebecca Carroll | Posted 10.15.2011
While barely dressed hippies were swaying and smooching and dropping acid to Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin on a dairy farm in...
Michael Vazquez | Posted 10.04.2011
Here's Anna Calvi performing at Le Poisson Rouge, which was once the legendary jazz venue the Village Gate.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.03.2011
Jazz vocalist James Tormé -- son of The Velvet Fog, Mel Tormé -- debuts his new video "Love For Sale" here on HuffPost.
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011
This week, we feature songs by Stan Getz and Dizzy Gillespie, Bob Marley and the Wailers and -- here's a fun one -- Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer covering Bob Marley and the Wailers.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011
What happens when your elegant entertainer goes off script and speaks mandarin directly to a Chinese delegation in the White House?
David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011
In hopes that we shall overcome any lingering sense of doom, here's an uplifting playlist to help us all remember this remarkable man and his enduring message.
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011
Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011
Collins remembers, "When I was twelve or thirteen The Beatles' first album came out. They had some Motown and early soul record covers, like the Stones did. This is the music that I kind of lived my life to."
Eddie Glaude, Jr., Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
Barbour's remarks about Confederate History Month and slavery reveal how easy forgetfulness can free one from the burdens of the past, and sanction callousness towards the dead and living walking in your backyard.
Posted 05.04.2012