''Folksy Nina'' is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter

Nina Simone Nina Simone ( ; born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and po ...

. It includes live tracks recorded on April 12, 1963, at

Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhattan), 57t ...

. The previous album, '' Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall'' (1963) uses songs from the same concert. It was released on

Colpix Records Colpix Records was the first recording company for Columbia Pictures–Screen Gems. Colpix got its name from combining Columbia (Col) and Pictures (Pix). CBS, which owned Columbia Records, then sued Columbia Pictures for trademark infringement o ...

. In 2005 the "complete" 1963 Carnegie Hall concert was released.

Track listing

# "Silver City Bound" ( Huddie Ledbetter,

Alan Lomax Alan Lomax (; January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music during the 20th century. He was a musician, folklorist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activ ...

) 5:08 # "When I Was a Young Girl" ( Sebastian Mure) 5:57 # "Erets Zavat Chalav" (Eliahu Gamaliel) 4:25 # "Lass of the Low Country" (Traditional) 6:15 # " The Young Knight" (Joseph Hathaway, Charles Kingsly) 5:25 # " The Twelfth of Never" (

Jerry Livingston Jerry Livingston (born Jerry Levinson; March 25, 1909 – July 1, 1987) was an American songwriter and dance orchestra pianist. Life and career Born in Denver, Colorado to Sam and Dora (Lazarus) Levinson, Jerry Livingston studied music at the ...

Paul Francis Webster Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907 – March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song, and was nominated sixteen times for the award. Life and career Webster was born in New York City, United S ...

) 3:33 # "Vanetihu" (Gil Aldema) 2:27 # " You Can Sing a Rainbow" ( Arthur Hamilton) 3:04 # " Hush Little Baby" (

Pete Seeger Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s and had a string of hit records in the early 1950s as a member of The Weav ...

) 4:07 Remark: Track 8 is sometimes listed as " Mighty Lak' a Rose" (music by Ethelbert Nevin, lyrics by Frank Lebby Stanton). "When I Was a Young Girl" was later covered by

Julie Driscoll Julie Driscoll Tippett (born 8 June 1947) is an English singer and actress, known for her work with Brian Auger and her husband, Keith Tippett. Career Driscoll is known for her 1960s versions of Bob Dylan and Rick Danko's " This Wheel's on F ...

(as "When I was Young") on her 1969 album '' Streetnoise,'' under the assumption it was a traditional tune.Julie Driscoll, interviewed on German television in 1969, before performing the song
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References

1964 live albums Nina Simone live albums Albums arranged by Nina Simone Colpix Records live albums Albums recorded at Carnegie Hall {{1960s-album-stub