Stranger Songs
Tuesday February 25th, 2025 with Mike Regenstreif
A Tribute to Nina Simone (1933-2003)
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is A Tribute to Nina Simone.
Nina Simone – who died in 2003 at age 70 – was a singer, songwriter, and pianist whose music encompassed classical, jazz, blues, folk, gospel and pop styles. She was also an activist and was often referred to as “the High Priestess of Soul.”
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| Suzanne Nina Simone - To Love Somebody - RCA
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| Rags and Old Iron Nina Simone - Forbidden Fruit - Colpix |
| Work Song Oscar Brown, Jr. - The Voice of Cool - Not Now Music |
| Forbidden Fruit Nina Simone - Forbidden Fruit - Colpix |
| Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues Nina Simone - To Love Somebody - RCA |
| Nina Simone Tom Russell & The Norwegian Wind Ensemble - Aztec Jazz - Frontera |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| See Line Woman Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir - Front Porch Music - EarthBeat! |
| House of the Rising Sun Susan Werner - NOLA: Susan Werner Goes to New Orleans - Sleeve Dog |
| Trouble in Mind Missy Burgess - Missy Burgess with The Blue Train Live - Missy Burgess
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| Solitude Sneezy Waters - Sneezy Waters - Sneezy Waters
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| The Gal from Joe's Nina Simone - Nina Simone Sings Ellington - Colpix |
| When I was a Young Girl Odetta - Odetta at Carnegie Hall - Vanguard |
| Hush Little Baby Rufus Wainwright - Folkocracy - BMG
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| Silver City Bound Nina Simone - Folksy Nina - Colpix |
| Mississippi Goddam Nina Simone - The Best of Broadside 1962-1988 - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Stars Nina Simone - The Montreux Years - BMG |
| Nina Janis Ian - The Light at the End of the Line - Rude Girl |
| Come Ye Willie Nelson - Last Leaf on the Tree - Legacy |
| Balm in Gilead Nina Simone - Baltimore - Epic/Legacy |
| I'm Going Back Home Ledisi - Ledisi Sings Nina - BMG |
| I Shall Be Released Nina Simone - To Love Somebody - RCA |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy |
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