Cascade Media Group‘s (CMG) New Leadership Series is designed to Feature leaders whose shoulders that we currently stand along with some current Kansas City leaders. CMG feels that it needs…
Carlos Nelson President of Cascade Media Group (CMG) commentary is on the black city council members that voted no for the new city manager coming from New Jersey last Thursday…
Nina Simone was the recipient of a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2000 for her interpretation of “I Loves You, Porgy.” On Human Kindness Day 1974 in Washington, D.C.,…
Simone’s consciousness on the racial and social discourse was prompted by her friendship with black playwright Lorraine Hansberry.[54] The influence of Hansberry planted the seed for the provocative social commentary…
Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on February 21, 1933, in Tryon, North Carolina. The sixth of eight children[9] in a poor family, she began playing piano at the age…
Cascade Media Group’s (CMG) new tribute series was designed to pay tribute to individuals in our community that has served our community in many different capacities. When you talk about…
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), known professionally as Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned a…
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book was the only Song Book on which the composer she interpreted played with her. Duke Ellington and his longtime collaborator Billy Strayhorn…
