Nina Simone Sings The Blues
by Nina Simone
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She was known as the "High Priestess of Soul" for a good reason. Her voice is amazing. Also beautiful rendition of "The House of the Rising Sun".
Best Songs: Do I Move You?; Day and Night; I Want a Little Sugar In My Bowl
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1967
Simone approaches blues less as genre performance than as emotional and historical language. “Do I Move You?” and “Backlash Blues” combine sensuality, anger, humor, and political consciousness without separating them into categories. Her piano playing anchors the songs with rhythmic authority while her voice constantly shifts emotional shape from line to line. The arrangements are spare enough to let her phrasing dominate the atmosphere. Simone’s greatest strength is her refusal to simplify emotion into a single mood. The album feels intellectually sharp and emotionally raw at once.
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