She could move from a whisper to a roar within a phrase, and her repertoire covered jazz standards, protest songs, blues and pop. Listen to these 11 favorites. Credit...Illustration by Dante Zaballa ...

A new forecast is in for October to December of this year, and it suggests a big divide in temperature between the north and south. The latest forecast from The Weather Channel predicts that winter ...

Every artist has that story. Every artist has that one tale of the moment when it all hit them and suddenly their purpose seemed clear as a lightning strike of inspiration flashed. For Nina Simone, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In March 1969, Nina Simone headlined L’Olympia in Paris. Over a decade into her recording career, Simone had ...

Of all the young artists who got their start in the early days of the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, Apphia Campbell has likely had the most eclectic and international career. Campbell returns to ...

In the Round of 128 at the Roland Garros on Sunday, Amanda Anisimova (ranked No. 16) takes on Nina Stojanovic (No. 170). In her last match on Thursday, Stojanovic took down Varvara Lepchenko in three ...

Nina Simone was a luminary who continues to shape the world and new artists to this day. But before she became the High Priestess of Soul, Simone was Eunice Waymon, a girl from North Carolina, born 93 ...

Singer-songwriter-musician Janis Ian celebrates her 74 th birthday today. For most of those years, 60 of them in fact, she has been famous, having rocketed to renown at age 14 with her precocious ...

Nina Simone’s timeless legacy isn’t just heard in her soul-stirring melodies—it’s reflected in the way her beauty defied convention and celebrated unapologetic Blackness. From her radiant skin to her ...

In 28 days it began. In 28 weeks it spread. In 28 years it evolved.