Nina simone’s influence on hip hop is bigger than most people realize. Her emotional delivery, protest themes, and powerful ...

“‘Help Me, Rhonda’ is my 16-month-old’s favorite song. A passing memory from our childhoods but it came to mind when my husband and I were looking for songs that we could sing to our daughter. It was ...

Nina Simone's childhood home is set to open to the public in 2027 after undergoing a huge rebuilding project. According to The Guardian, the building will serve as an arts hub to honour the legacy of ...

North Carolina home preserved to commemorate legendary musician and civil rights activist, and to serve as arts hub It was a surreal experience for Dr Samuel Waymon, Nina Simone’s youngest sibling, to ...

I’m Mark Rapp, and this is Rapp on Jazz. Nina Simone was a singer, pianist, and force of nature. Born in Tryon, North Carolina, in 1933, she was classically trained but fused jazz, blues, gospel, and ...

Nina Simone’s childhood home in Tryon, North Carolina has been restored. As of late 2025, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund announced it completed restorations of the house, helping ...

Nina Lin has let it be known that reports circulating online about her being permanently banned from Twitch are false. Taking to her Instagram Story on Thursday (December 18), the 24-year-old streamer ...

The climate phenomenon closely watched by powder hounds everywhere, La Niña, is still here, but it should last for only a month or two more before disappearing early next year. That’s according to the ...

While Nina Simone’s legacy echoes through her music, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is preserving the physical space that helped shape the iconic singer’s life and artistry—her ...

TRYON—On Wednesday, December 10, a special presentation took place at Tryon Town Hall as artist Joey Withinarts gifted an oil pastel portrait of Nina Simone to her brother, Dr. Sam Waymon, and the ...

6 of 8 — Eunice Kathleen Waymon, a.k.a. Nina Simone, at age 8, photographed at the Tryon Cemetery in Tryon The childhood home of Nina Simone in Tryon has now been fully restored, but it is not yet ...