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International Women’s Day: 5 Amazing Female Musicians to Listen to Today, Plus Many More

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Aretha Franklin’s Early ’70s Albums to be Reproduced in Vinyl and CD Box Set

Nina Simone’s 1966 Newport Jazz Festival Set Now Available via Live Album

Stella Rose Remembers a Street Named “Jane,” Relationships, and Other Renderings on Debut ‘Eyes of Glass’

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July 13, 2022, 8:58 am
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June 24, 2022, 12:38 pm
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April 27, 2021, 8:20 am
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Behind The Song: Nina Simone, “Mississippi Goddam”

June 11, 2020, 8:10 am
On the Saddest Song Ever Written, “Why (The King of Love is Dead)”

June 10, 2020, 11:23 am

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