WMNF SOTD 2/21/25: I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to Be Free by Nina Simone

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WMNF SOTD 2/21/25: I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to Be Free by Nina Simone

Today is the third day of the WMNF Winter Fund Drive. If you appreciate our support of local music consider donating now. Read more about that here. At WMNF February is Black History Month. Throughout the month, the DJs play and discuss important African American musicians of all decades. Today is also the birth date of Nina Simone. She was a powerful voice in Black history, blending music with activism during the Civil Rights Movement. As a cla…

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Wisdom & Fire: 10 Powerful Nina Simone Quotes To Live By In Honor Of Her Birthday

Source: David Redfern / Getty   It girl. Icon. Legend. 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 years ago today, on February 21st, with an undeniable gift for the piano and classical music. Ultimately, her path led her to soul and jazz, where she went on to create American classics like F…

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'Feeling Good': Nina Simone’s Joyous Emancipation Anthem

With a positive response to her sociopolitical album Nina Simone in Concert in 1964 (which features the seminal track “Mississippi Goddam”), as well as civil rights activism now being attributed to her personal life, it was clear that Nina Simone was headed in a new thematic direction in 1965 – one that primarily focused on her experience as a Black woman living in a racially-charged and divided country. Listen to “Feeling Good” and the best of …

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Nina Simone, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, is a well without a background of cultural renaissance. 21 February 1933: Birth of Nina Simone Nina Simone died on 21 April 2003. But if judged by her influence, one could say that she is not [...] This article Nina Simone: the icon of an entire generation appeared first on Rolling Stone.