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Jan.15.2012
Today’s my birthday. I share it this year with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a calendrical accident that confers the spiritual equivalent of a contact high.
But for me, a birthday is always an occasion. Every year has a distinct character and completeness that begs to be understood: I want to...
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Jun.12.2010
Interview: "I once drank 5 bottles of champagne in one afternoon...." - the legend Nina Simone My first ever celebrity interview, fresh out of journalism school in 1999 with the great Nina Simone, while she was on probation for shooting her neighbour's kid in the kneecaps...
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Mar.16.2010
Many modern audiences first became familiar with the name Nina Simone in 2005 after Canadian singer Michael Buble' recorded her 1965 hit song, "Feeling Good," and which finalists on the popular American Idol television show sang before world audiences in 2007.
However, long before Buble'...
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Aug.08.2009
Music geek’s encyclopedia presents divas
by Josh Friedberg
For this edition of Music Geek’s Encyclopedia, I am focusing on two brilliant talents who are unlimited by genre and deserve a greater contemporary audience — two versatile divas with talent and attitude.
The first recorded everything from...
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