Nina Simone : Mississippi Goddam [ purchase ] When I decided to write about this song, I had no idea that a couple of days later, Nina...

Nina Simone : Four Women [ purchase ] Lisa Simone, Dianne Reeves, Angelique Kidjo, Lizz Wright : Four Women [Not available for p...

Yes, you got it, "that always shines on me", fab 60s BeeGee perennial, that struck me as a better response to Andy's exce...

Nina Simone : In the Dark [ purchase ] So far, our survey of 1967 has focused on male rock and pop singers. I’m using the terms “rock” ...

Nina Simone : Pirate Jenny [ purchase ] Most of the songs this week have come from Broadway, and, in a sense, Pirate Jenny is no except...

Nina Simone: Nearer to Heaven [ purchase ] I have 73 songs by Nina Simone in my iTunes library. Some I know better than others; sometimes, w...

Ted Hawkins: Missin' Mississippi [ purchase ] I will not spend time repeating myself, because I have just written a long piece about Te...

The Animals: House of the Rising Sun [ purchase ] Probably the best known version of this classic song...although the earliest known recor...

Leonard Cohen : Suzanne [ purchase ] We speak so easily of lyrics, but music and interpretation are a big part of meaning. F...