This is FRESH AIR. In April, the late singer, songwriter and pianist Nina Simone will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In anticipation, two compilations of Simone's early singles have ...

The Grammy and Oscar-nominated documentary "What Happened, Nina Simone?" depicts the musician's downward spiral. NPR's Michel Martin interviews daughter Lisa Simone Kelly and director Liz Garbus.

And remarkably, some 60 years after his heyday, the composer-lyricist is having a moment. In A Quiet Place: Day One, a woman who may be the last human survivor on a Manhattan infested with aliens ...

Cara Robertson shares the song that helping her get through these times - Nina Simone's cover of the 1970 hit O-o-h Child. The Pandemic Separated Her From Her Sick Mom. Nina Simone Helped Her Cope ...

The North Carolina home of singer, pianist and civil rights activist Nina Simone has sold. Now the new owners are trying to figure out how to... New Owners Work To Preserve Legacy Of Nina Simone's ...

Next, we're going to tell you the story of a dream almost deferred. It begins with a little girl raised in the segregated South of the '30s and '40s. TRACI TODD: It was Eunice Kathleen Waymon. She was ...

And remarkably, some 60 years after his heyday, the composer-lyricist is having a moment. In A Quiet Place: Day One, a woman who may be the last human survivor on a Manhattan infested with aliens ...