Nina Simone
RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 25 October 2023
In Pocket Edition this week Nina Simone's daughter Lisa speaks with Kim Hill and Grant Smithies spins some new tunes. Audio
Lisa Simone: celebrating Nina
Emmy award-winning singer and composer Lisa Simone is touring Australia with a tribute show to her legendary singer-songwriter and pianist mother Nina Simone with her tour 'Keeper Of The Flame' A… Audio
Music feature: Nina Simone
Today's music feature takes an in depth look into singer, songwriter, pianist and activist Nina Simone. She became a prominent figure in the American jazz and blues scene in the late 1950s and was… Audio
Remembering Harry Belafonte
William Dart looks the legacy of the King of Calypso, Harry Belafonte, along with the thoughts of American writer Hanif Abdurraqib on the personal connections that lie under our musical choices. Audio
Worlds Of Music - Ep 176 features the life and music of Nina Simone
Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio
Songs by Randy Newman
Randy Newman's New Zealand visit in 2020 may have been cancelled, but William Dart looks at some of his songs in versions by Alan Price, Peggy Lee, Nina Simone, Etta James, The Von Trapp Children and… Video, Audio
Songs that resonate
Music reviewer and academic Graeme Downes looks at why some songs mean so much to us. He touches on 'Both Sides Now', by Joni Mitchell, 'What's Going On' by Marvin Gaye and Nina Simone's 'Feeling… Video, Audio
Worlds of Music: The Amazing Nina Simone
Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio
Bernstein Covered
With Leonard Bernstein's big hundredth birthday this year, it's time to open the Bernstein songbook and see what various interpreters have done. William Dart unearths versions by Nina Simone, Kiri Te… Audio
Great album - I Put a Spell on You
Nina Simone's 1965 album 'I Put a Spell on You'. Audio
The Mixtape: Hollie Fullbrook
Hollie Fullbrook (aka Tiny Ruins) is this week's mixtape guest. She shares the songs that move her with Melody Thomas. Video, Audio
Blonde On Blonde Revisited
It's 50 years since Bob Dylan released his seventh studio album Blonde On Blonde. MOJO Magazine celebrated the fact in its July issue with a tribute CD and William Dart looks at the plusses and… Audio
Inside Out Part 1: Jazz In The Key Of Bob
Following his Nobel Prize in Literature Nick pays tribute to Bob Dylan with covers from Nina Simone, Joshua Redman and Duke Ellington. Audio
Alan Light on Nina Simone
Kim Hill talks to veteran music journalist Alan Light, former editor-in-chief for Vibe and Spin magazines, and author of books about Leonard Cohen, Prince, and the Beastie Boys. His new biography was… Audio
The Amazing Nina Simone
Upon the U.S. release of the documentary The Amazing Nina Simone. Trevor Reekie speaks about the remarkable talent and the life of the artist to the film director Jeff Lieberman. Video, Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 63: Nina Simone/ Sunken Seas/ Beatcomber
The Amazing Nina Simone - we talk with the director of a new documentary, and Sunken Seas' Ryan Harte on channelling cabin fever and we introduce Beatcomber. Audio
Marty Duda's artist of the week - Nina Simone
Nina Simone was one of the most distinctive and passionate artists of the past 60 years, combining elements of jazz, classical, blues and folk to deliver her own very personal music. Growing up she… Audio
New Horizons - 16 November 2014
William Dart wraps up the current series with a miscellany of tracks. Listen out for Nina Simone, Lucinda Williams, Beck, Loudon Wainwright III, Jack White, Barbra Streisand & Stevie Wonder, Tony… Audio
The Sampler: The Roots
Nick Bollinger reviews ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin - the latest album from one of the most versatile house bands in late night television. Audio