Subscribe to theFour Women: Nina Simone’s Mid-1960s Philips Recordings
Original Airdate: September 4th, 2004
Nina Simone was a singer and pianist whose convergence of styles–jazz, blues, folk, pop, rock–makes her a genre unto herself. Her civil-rights anthem, “Mississippi Goddam,” remains one of her most famous moments on record; in this program we’ll hear another similar-minded song, “Old Jim Crow,” as well as “See Line Woman,” a song which was remixed and turned into an underground club hit two years ago.
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