Nina

I'm not the only one. Nina Simone's mystery, soul, and power have inspired so many people. My most recently released philm was by Nina Simone as you know. I released another earlier this year with her groundbreaking track "Feeling Good". Enjoy these two productions of mine here again...

...as well as a couple of rare ones that have inspired me.
i tell you, I Got Life, changed my life.

Enjoy.

Plain Gold Ring

fortunately things were fairly still around me when i first heard this song. if they weren't, i imagine that they would have been shortly after. nina simone has always been both enigmatic and familiar at the same time. her words and her voice have always been shrouded in a cloud of mystery while at the same time sounding familial -like the voice of a matriarch.

i didn't know how to interpret this song when I first heard it. i certainly didn't know how to give it visual expression....until i listened to it a second time. "plain gold ring on his finger he wore. it was wear everyone could see. he belonged to someone but not me. on his hand was a plain gold band..."

After these words came a drum beat -militaristic, slow, haunting.

Then I knew.

carlton d mackey

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Plain Gold Ring - Coming Soon

coming soon.
a new philm by carlton mackey featuring music by nina simone.