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Mississippi Goddam: A Homage to Nina Simone

Mississippi Goddam – A Homage to Nina Simone' from the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Proms.

Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 2 pays its second visit to the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Proms at the Royal Albert Hall for 'Mississippi Goddam – A Homage to Nina Simone'.

Jules Buckley and the Metropole Orkest with guest singers Ledisi and Lisa Fischer pay tribute to the High Priestess of Soul – the great Nina Simone.

Nina was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon but took the name Nina Simone to hide from her parents the fact that she was earning money by playing 'the devil’s music' working in bars and clubs. Nina was her boyfriend’s pet name for her and she chose Simone because she admired the French film actress Simone Signoret. Although her early work was playing 'cocktail piano', her musical roots are firmly in the classical world and she aspired to be a classical pianist. You can hear the influence of JS Bach in many of her piano solos. In tonight’s Prom we’ll hear some of her greatest hits – Feeling Good, My Baby Just Cares for Me, I Put A Spell on You and the song that was banned when she first sang it in 1964 but went on to become a great civil rights anthem, Mississippi Goddam.

Prom first broadcast on 21st August from the Royal Albert Hall.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Fri 13 Sep 2019 20:00
Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Metropole Orkest

    African Mailman / Sinnerman

  • Lisa Fischer & Metropole Orkest

    Plain Gold Ring

  • Ledisi & Metropole Orkest

    Little Girl Blue

  • Lisa Fischer & Metropole Orkest

    My Baby Just Cares

  • Ledisi & Metropole Orkest

    I Put A Spell On You

  • Lisa Fischer, LaSharVu & Metropole Orkest

    Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

  • Ledisi & Metropole Orkest

    Ne Me Quitte Pas

  • Lisa Fischer & Metropole Orkest

    I Loves You Porgy

  • Lisa Fischer & Metropole Orkest

    Dido's Lament

  • Ledisi, LaSharVu & Metropole Orkest

    I'm Going Back Home

  • Nina Simone

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black

    • The Essential Nina Simone.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 12.

  • Nina Simone

    Central Park Blues

    • The Best Of Nina Simone: My Baby Just Cares For Me.
    • 6.

  • Nina Simone

    Ain't Got No, I Got Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Nina Simone

    Mr. Bojangles

    • Here Comes The Sun.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 4.

  • Nina Simone

    Mississippi Goddam

    • The Best Of Nina Simone.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 2.

  • Ledisi & Metropole Orkest

    Work Song

  • Lisa Fischer, LaSharVu & Metropole Orkest

    See-Line Woman

  • Ledisi, Lisa Fischer, LaSharVu & Metropole Orkest

    Be My Husband

  • Ledisi, LaSharVu & Metropole Orkest

    Baltimore

  • Lisa Fischer & Metropole Orkest

    Dambala

  • Ledisi, LaSharVu & Metropole Orkest

    Mississippi Goddam

  • Ledisi, Lisa Fischer, Vula Malinga, Sharlene Hector & Metropole Orkest

    Four Women

  • Ledisi & Metropole Orkest

    Take My Hand, Precious Lord / I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free

  • Ledisi, Lisa Fischer & Metropole Orkest

    Feeling Good

Broadcast

  • Fri 13 Sep 2019 20:00
    Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 2