#2580 Nina Simone - Wild is the Wind

Staggering, as always. Simone's voice is peerless, her words unstoppable. The sound is ancient, deeply, richly pained, with fragile and powerful force behind every syllable, moving forward at unexpected cadences on its own time. The space between notes is vertiginous, strung together by ropes that might snap, because they choose to let you drop. A harrowing, bracing listen, as always 4/5