I've seen her name bandied about a lot (both in these parts and elsewhere), but never until yesterday did I listen to her. I bought Silk & Soul because I learned it, among other of her records, was reissued. And I must say, Damn, it's good.

Soul is a genre that I really like but haven't dug into too deeply (I have some Otis Redding, some Sam Cooke, some Solomon Burke, etc.). Do any of you have other Nina Simone recommendations (I'd like to stick to records that are primarily soul) or other soul recommendations?