Nina Simone - In Concert (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) Artist_Sam Smith Freshly back from New York

Freshly back from New York City

Heather’s profound sense of awe at the big wide world outside of the self is considered in ‘Ultraviolet’ – the realisation that everything is connected in the universe

replaced by a slightly tidier approach that is more direct and packs more punch

que] music that thinks of the sea and dusk

and few celebrated him for his tender genius until after his untimely death at 40

Nina Simone - In Concert (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) Artist_Sam Smith Freshly back from New York"Mississippi Goddam" staked out Nina Simone's support of the Civil Rights movement when this album debuted in 1964, helping make it probably the most personal album that Simone issued during her stay on Philips during the decade. Here, the singer and pianist is backed by a spare quartet and some of the songs rank among her most socially conscious declarations of African American pride: "Old Jim Crow," "Pirate Jenny," "Go Limp," and, especially,