Like the 1963 LP Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall, Folksy Nina was also recorded there on May 12, 1963, but duplicates little of the material found on that prior album.
It isn't just unworthy leftovers, but a strong set in its own right, concentrating on material that could be seen as traditional or folk in orientation.
It's not exactly strictly folk music, in repertoire or arrangement (which includes piano, guitar, bass, and drums, though not every tune has all of the instruments); "Twelfth of Never" (which had also appeared on the Carnegie Hall LP) certainly isn't folk music.
However, there was also an uptempo piano blues, Lead Belly's "Silver City Bound," covers of the Israeli "Erets Zavat Chalav" and "Vanetihu" (which served as further proof that Simone's eclecticism knew no bounds), and the stark, moody, spiritually shaded ballads at which she excelled ("When I Was a Young Girl," "Hush Little Baby").
"Lass of the Low Country" is as exquisitely sad and beautiful as it gets.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silver City Bound | Nina Simone | Play | 05:09 | 11 MB | 22 MB |
| 2 | When I Was a Young Girl | Nina Simone | Play | 05:42 | 13 MB | 20 MB |
| 3 | Erets Zavat Chalav | Nina Simone | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 19 MB |
| 4 | Lass of the Low Country | Nina Simone | Play | 06:06 | 13 MB | 20 MB |
| 5 | Twelfth of Never | Nina Simone | Play | 03:23 | 7 MB | 13 MB |
| 6 | Vanetihu | Nina Simone | Play | 02:21 | 5 MB | 11 MB |
| 7 | The Young Knight | Nina Simone | Play | 05:26 | 12 MB | 25 MB |
| 8 | You Can Sing a Rainbow | Nina Simone | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 11 MB |
| 9 | Hush Little Baby | Nina Simone | Play | 04:06 | 9 MB | 17 MB |
| 39 mins | 91 MB | |||||
| 39 mins | 162 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nina Simone | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |