Description

The life and music of the great Nina Simone from her roots as a gospel and classical musician to her place as one of the fiercest voices for civil rights. We’ll talk with New York Magazine’s Joe Hagan about his look inside Nina Simone’s private diaries, chat with Simone biographer Nadine Cohodas about Nina’s life and music and her role as one of the fiercest voices for civil rights, and listen to some of Nina’s best from her more than 30 year reign as the High Priestess of Soul.

Episode Transcript

Host: Jeff Haas

Guests: Joe Hagan, Nadine Cohodas

Music

• Nina Simone “Ne me quitte pas”
• Nina Simone “Feeling Good”
• Nina Simone “My Baby Just Cares For Me (Train to Nowhere)”
• Nina Simone “The Blood”
• Nina Simone “Wild is the Wind”
• Nina Simone “Strange Fruit”
• Nina Simone “Mississippi Goddam”
• Nina Simone “Four Women”
• Nina Simone “Old Jim Crow”
• Nina Simone “Young Gifted & Black”
• Nina Simone “I Put A Spell On You”
• Nina Simone “Gin House Blues”
• Nina Simone “Born Under a Bad Sign”
• Nina Simone “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”
• Nina Simone “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free”
• Nina Simone “Sinnerman”

Original Air Date: November 21, 2011

Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas

Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon

Podcast produced by Sam Boase-Miller and Erik Saras

Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller

Transcripts and show notes by Erik Saras

Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In”

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