Alina Simone · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1974
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Madonnaland
- Note to self
- You must go and win
- You must go and win
- You must go and win
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1933-02-21
- Active to
- 2003-04-21
african american singersafrican american women civil rights workersbluescivil rightsclassicalcomposers
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 22,351
- Total plays
- 197,628
Tags
singer-songwriterfemale vocalistsindiefolkacoustic
Alina Simone was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine and came to the United State as the daughter of political refugees after her father refused recruitment by the KGB and was blacklisted for ‘refusal to cooperate.’ Raised in the suburbs of Massachusetts, Alina moved to Austin, Texas after graduating from art school in Boston. It was there that she first started singing in public, in the doorway of an abandoned bar on Sixth Street. Simone quickly became known for her sparse instrumentation and raw and powe
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alina
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Kharkiv
- Spouse
- Joshua Knobe
- Father
- Alexander Vilenkin
- Occupation
- essayist
- Field of work
- essay
- Official website
- www.alinasimone.com
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1974-10-13
- birth name
- Аліна Олександрівна Віленкіна
- social media followers
- 2926
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