As well as being an incredible songwriter and performer, Nina Simone was a tireless activist within the civil rights movement, which often influenced her music.

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The country hitmaker breaks down his new EP, teases a new project with an NBA star and reflects on his experiences as a Black artist in country music. Read the Billboard interview.

As she releases her second solo album Radios & Rainbows, Kate Pierson, the founding member of the B-52’s takes BEST FIT through the pivotal songs in her life.

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Black is the Color of My Voice, written by Apphia Campbell and starring Nicholle Cherrie, is a play inspired by the life of ...

A civil rights champion and musical pariah, Nina Simone wrote some of the greatest songs of an entire generation, tackling subjects like racism and entrapment.

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The concert tour — dubbed “Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s ... The 74-year-old singer-songwriter, who was involved in the Civil Rights Movement, is known as one of the leaders who ...

consisting largely of vintage show tunes and movie songs, seemed increasingly irrelevant to baby boomers in a nation divided ...