Meshell Ndegeocello shares “Love” from her forthcoming No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin and performs her second Tiny Desk Concert for their Black Music Month celebration. “Love” fetes vulnerability and connection in a shower of hi-hats, sweet melody, sacred choruses, and Meshell’s funk-wielding bass. She performed the singleContinue Reading
Meshell Ndegeocello has announced her next album, No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin. The album originates in a 2016 concert at The Harlem Stage Gatehouse during their annual showcase honoring Baldwin. Ndegeocello had read Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time the previous year and found it “life-changing” and aContinue Reading
Will Billy Porter capture the essence of James Baldwin in the upcoming biopic he is writing and starring in as the late writer? Related posts: I Am Not Your Negro James Baldwin Documentary Teaser Trailer I Am Not Your Negro Official Trailer Janelle Monae, Samuel L. Jackson & More WantContinue Reading
Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro documentary about James Baldwin is doing well at the box office and has a new promotional campaign led by Janelle Monae. The Know Your Baldwin piece features a variety of people including Monae, Common, Samuel L. Jackson, Lupita Nyong’o and more reciting lines fromContinue Reading