Nine Simone: Super Star For 1971
David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 20 January 1971
AS HAS been noted by her many fans and soul people generally, there has been a marked silence from the High Priestess of Soul for some time particularly record-wise so that I greeted the news of Nina's concerts in Holland with great relief and I was naturally delighted to have the opportunity, through the auspices of Blues & Soul, to see Nina personally to find out what had been happening and to review her in-person appearance.
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