Loading YouTube content Joni Mitchell's most famous song is a more extreme example of the same thing. 'Both Sides, Now' was a hit in 1968 for Judy Collins and won her a Grammy. It was a cover ...

You don't cover songs like that, you just sing them ... One of the best examples of the latter turns up in Nina Simone's famous, searing cover of Billie Holiday's 'Strange Fruit'.

"It’s just so spare, so little going on but every nuance, everything on it," said Gilmour of a favorite song. "It’s absolutely affection." ...

In 1966, Simone wrote and performed “Four Women,” a musical portrait of different stereotyped Black women who were exploited ...

Hill and her Fugees bandmate, Wyclef Jean, paid tribute to Flack during her service in New York City on Monday, March 10.

The Latin Grammy-winning Argentine singer behind the album "Grasa" spoke to De Los ahead of her March 15 show at the Novo.

A Hyde Parker and dancer, Hsiao is experimenting with new ways to foster participation in her latest performance series “Mond ...

The 1960s were a decade of radical change, and Nina Simone was one of the most radical public figures of that time ... The first effort was ‘Mississippi Godamn’, a song that, as she put it, came to ...

To commemorate Women's History Month, World Cafe is looking back on a century's worth of music history. Every week in March, ...

Elton John has always been celebrated for his glam-infused pop sound, but he was desperate to create something that emulated the famous Motown sound.

In this video, we explore how black artists have trailblazed the modern music scene, creating some of the most influential genres of all time. From Nina Simone ... Caine to be top US military ...