The Nina Simone Database - Concert Reviews

Concert Reviews

1969 January 8 - Manhattan Metropolitan Museum of Art and PhiladelphiaAcademy of Music (US)

1971 February - Amsterdam (NL)

Superstar for 1971
David Nathan, Blues & Soul 51, February 1971

1978 December 10 - New York (US) Avery Fisher Hall

Pop: Nina Simone Back
John S. Wilson, NY Times, 12 December 1978

1986 March 15 - Boston (US-MA) Globe Jazz Festival

Nina Simone: "Frighteningly Sad"
Cathy Lee, Sojourner: The Women's Forum, 30 April 1986

1988 November 5 - Milano (IT)

[Italian] La Simone trionfa a Milano
Gino Castaldo, La Repubblica, 5 November 1988

1991 August 30 - Verona (IT)

[Italian] Mercedes l'eroica
Giacomo Pellicciotti, La Repubblica, 3 September 1991

1991 December 20 - Roma (IT)

[Italian] Nina Simone la voce diretta dell'anima
Gino Castaldo, La Repubblica, 22 December1991

1998 August 21 - Seattle (US-WA)

1997 December 14 - London (UK) Barbican Centre

Eager Diva
John Fordham, The Guardian, 16 December 1997

1997 July 15 - Nice (FR) Arene de Cimiez

[French] Nina et les suffragettes
Jean-Françoise Roubaud, Nice-Matin, 15 July 1997

[French] Nina... au-dessus de toutes
Jean-Françoise Roubaud, Nice-Matin, 16 July 1997

2000 April 13 - São Paulo (BR) Via Funchal

[Portuguese] “Nina, mas pode me chamar de doctor”
Sérgio Dávila, Folha de s.Paulo, 12 April 2000

2001 June 8 - Paris (FR) Palais de Congres

[Italian] Nina Simone un mito che trionfa sul tempo
Giuseppe Videtti, La Repubblica, 11 June 2001

2002 May 5 - Roma (IT) Auditorium Santa Cecilia

[Italian, preview] Odio l'America, odio la gente tranne quando sono sul palco
Giuseppe Videtti, La Repubblica, 8 April 2002

[Italia, interview] Nina Simone, arriva la regina soul
Alba Solaro, Kataweb Musica, May 2002

[Italian] Le note stanche della "stregona" Nina Simone
Alba Solaro, Kataweb Musica, May 2002