Martha Wainwright

NINA SIMONE

LIVE IN EUROPE TRIP, 1972

I was given this album by Rufus. I’d already started writing songs and playing some shows, but I was really moved when I heard this. Obviously she’s the singer and the piano player who’s leading the whole band, but she doesn’t take too much emphasis away from the purpose of the song. She doesn’t sing as a songwriter, because oftentimes she didn’t write the songs, but as someone conveying the idea of the song. Obviously in this case “Ne Me Quitte Pas” would have spoken to her. [] to be good on stage, to be interesting and compelling