I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free: Nina Simone

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Jack Shalom

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Words fail.

Montreux 1976

Thanks to YouTuber TransatlanticMoments

Backlash Blues: Langston Hughes and Nina Simone

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Jack Shalom

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A Langston Hughes poem set to music and performed by Nina Simone.

Thanks to YouTuber rANKo TINTORetto

Ne Me Quitte Pas

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Jack Shalom

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Nina Simone, in her prime, 1971.

Gut-wrenching.

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