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Laura Mvula
Laura Mvula chooses Four Women by Nina Simone
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Singer-songwriter |
Grew up in Birmingham and studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire. Debut album Sing to the Moon includes the single Green Garden
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Four Women by Nina Simone
Laura Mvula chooses the song Four Women by Nina Simone, from her 1966 album Wild is the Wind.
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Nina Simone
Nina Simone聽on Woman's Hour in聽1988聽discusses her protest songs.
From:聽Woman's Hour 04 October 1988 on Radio 4
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading pays tribute to Nina Simone just after her death in 2003.
From: Front Row 22 April 2003 on Radio 4
Laura Mvula
Laura Mvula talks to Radio 1's Zane Lowe about her own music and how she found her voice when performing with the choir Black Voices.
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Billy Bragg
John Harris talks to Billy Bragg about protest music in the Britain in the 1980s
From Who's Angry Now? 12 April 2012 on Radio 4
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