The Nina Simone Project honors the remarkable life, musical legacy and civil rights activism of Nina Simone, via scholarship, sculpture, & music festival.
Tryon, NC
Joined April 2018
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BREAKING NEWS! This morning N.C. Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green has been named an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. She will receive a $75,000 award in recognition of her literary merit and to support civic programs. Learn more here: bit.ly/2Gvwr4H
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We are proud to join #ComeHearNC with the release of this new series. Exploring NC one song at a time, every week, with love. @NCArtsCouncil #YearOfMusic itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/…
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The Recording Academy / GRAMMYs announced Nina Simone will be inducted into the 2019 GRAMMY Hall of Fame for her song "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black"... youtu.be/_hdVFiANBTk
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that." - Martin Luther King Jr.
#MLKDay
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
#LestWeForget | royal.uk/royal-family-rememb…
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Nothing like a little Trudeau shade on a President that is afraid to get wet.
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Picking up the guitar made me feel just like I did when I first began to learn chords back in the sixties, like being an amateur again with nothing to lose; a flood of new music poured out…
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"I have dreamt of an open world, borderless and wide
Where the people move from place to place and nobody’s taking sides"
Celebrating the efforts of those across the globe who work tirelessly to make this world a better place.
#WorldHumanitarianDay
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Thrilled to announce the release of the Jazz In Europe Print Magazine. Featured in the mag are Christian Sands, Terri Lyne Carrington, The Zurich Jazz Orchestra, Reggie Washington, Ola Onabule & London’s premier Jazz Photographer Carl Hyde. Check it out: bit.ly/2sVU1BA
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On March 6, 1963, John Coltrane and his quartet recorded an album's worth of material that never saw the light of day — until now nyti.ms/2sFL7rG
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This is the memorial stone which will be placed on top of #StephenHawking's grave. Incised in the stone is Hawking’s most famous equation describing the entropy of a black hole.
ALT Memorial stone to Stephen Hawking, which reads 'Here Lies What Was Mortal of Stephen Hawking 1942-2018'
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It’s our 85th anniversary! The first issue of The State hit newsstands on this day in 1933, and each sold for 10 cents. bit.ly/2Ldi3P7 #85years
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Discover how @peexmusic have teamed with Elton to give you his live shows in a thrilling and revolutionary new way: bit.ly/EltonPEEX 🎶
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Ah yes! This old favourite. Looks a bit primitive, I guess, but it makes me smile. xitter.cf/ninasimonetryon/status…
"My Baby Just Cares for Me" ~ Nina Simone cover 1958, animation by @PeteLordAardman in 1986, picked up by Chanel in 1987. Re-energized Nina's career. @rockhall @lauramvula @lizzwrightmusic youtu.be/eYSbUOoq4Vg
