Moses Sumney links with Syd and Meshell Ndegeocello for an updated rendition of “Hey Girl,” retooled as “Hey Girl (s).”Hey Girl (s)” connects two generations of R&B outliers in a promise to wait for love in an arrangement of coy rhythm, space, and a saxophone blowing jazz phrases. Sumney’s SophcoreContinue Reading
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
Meshell Ndegeocello’s curated Red, Hot & Ra: The Magic City is a tribute to the work of the late Afro-jazz futurist Sun Ra. The album is the latest in the Red Hot Organization’s series of projects started three decades ago to raise awareness and money for A.I.D.S. Ndegeocello uses SunContinue Reading