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Robin Lloyd explores Nina Simone’s first protest song
Reeling from the news of the murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers and of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four young girls in Birmingham, Ala., Nina Simone marked 1963 as the year of her first protest song.
Simone had encountered her own struggles with racism. She had intended to study classical piano and become a concert performer, but the conservatory to which she applied denied her entrance once they realized that she was Black.
And, of course, she was subject to all the indignities that faced Black entertainers as they traveled to perform throughout the United States.
Chick Corea interview: Music can bring us together Friday, February 12, 2021
As a tribute to Chick Corea, who has died at the age of 79, we are republishing the interview he gave to Jazzwise in May 2017. Chick spoke to Stuart Nicholson about his beginnings with Cab Calloway to his stint in Miles Davis’ ‘Lost Quintet’ and how music continues to unite rather than divide through its universal power and appeal
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The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is showcasing country music's modern landscape with the American Currents: State of the Music exhibit. Openi.