What Happened, Miss Simone? A Biography
- 2 Mar 2017
- 9781782118749
- £12.99
- 320 pp
- 129×198mm
- 3 Mar 2016
- 9781782118732
- £10.39
- 320 pp
In a few words
Inspired by the Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary, What Happened, Miss Simone? is an intimate and vivid portrait of the twentieth-century icon Nina Simone.
In a few words
Inspired by the Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary, What Happened, Miss Simone? is an intimate and vivid portrait of the legendary Nina Simone
Her willingness to speak her mind shines out of every page
Arrestive telling of the high priestess of soul's life story...What makes this portrait so compelling are the extras; think of the book as a director's cut
Her willingness to speak her mind shines out of every page
Arrestive telling of the high priestess of soul's life story...What makes this portrait so compelling are the extras; think of the book as a director's cut
More about
the book
‘From her raging, handwritten letters to late-night phone calls with David Bowie, this biography gets up close and personal with the tempestuous Nina Simone’ Observer
Drawing on glimpses into previously unseen diaries, rare interviews and childhood journals, and with the aid of her daughter, What Happened, Miss Simone? tells the story of the classically trained pianist who became a soul legend, a committed civil rights activist and one of the most influential, provocative and least understood artists of our time.
This is the story of the real Miss Simone.
More about
the book
‘From her raging, handwritten letters to late-night phone calls with David Bowie, this biography gets up close and personal with the tempestuous Nina Simone’ Observer
Drawing on glimpses into previously unseen diaries, rare interviews and childhood journals, and with the aid of her daughter, What Happened, Miss Simone? tells the story of the classically trained pianist who became a soul legend, a committed civil rights activist and one of the most influential, provocative and least understood artists of our time.
This is the story of the real Miss Simone.
She is loved or feared, adored or disliked, but few who have met her music or glimpsed her soul react with moderation
Maya Angelou
Explores the huge impact [Nina Simone] made for civil rights through her music, as well as her activism
Traces a path through the sad and bewildering tangle that was Simone's life
Nina Simone was an overwhelming artist, piano player, and singer - the kind of artist that I loved and admired
Bob Dylan
She is loved or feared, adored or disliked, but few who have met her music or glimpsed her soul react with moderation
Maya Angelou
Explores the huge impact [Nina Simone] made for civil rights through her music, as well as her activism
Traces a path through the sad and bewildering tangle that was Simone's life
Nina Simone was an overwhelming artist, piano player, and singer - the kind of artist that I loved and admired
Bob Dylan
Alan Light
View profileA veteran music journalist, Alan Light is the author of The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley and the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah” and Let’s Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain. Light was previously the editor-in-chief of Vibe and Spin and a senior writer for Rolling Stone. He is also a frequent contributor to the New York Times.
Alan Light
View profileA veteran music journalist, Alan Light is the author of The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley and the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah” and Let’s Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain. Light was previously the editor-in-chief of Vibe and Spin and a senior writer for Rolling Stone. He is also a frequent contributor to the New York Times.
