Stocky And Wild-Eyed: Nina Simone at the Royal Festival Hall
Lucy O'Brien, MOJO, September 1999
"EVERY GENERATION has to discover Nina Simone. She is evidence that female genius is real," says Germaine Greer, introducing tonights show, one of the highlights of Nick Caves Meltdown Festival. "She sings about womens love — that great, unmanageable, obscene thing."
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