Meshell Ndegeocello, like many people, would rather not turn on her camera during Zoom calls. “I want to hear you,” she says. “I enjoy my hearing apparatus. The eyes will fool you.” It’s for this reason that, during a recent conversation from her home in Red Hook, Brooklyn, Ndegeocello’s only …
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Meshell Ndegeocello brings the power of reflection and gratitude to NPR‘s Tiny Desk. On Tuesday, the musician visited NPR to perform songs from her upcoming August, No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, along with some classics. Ndegeocello opened her Tiny Desk performance with “Travel,” where she played bass …
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Meshell Ndegeocello is spearheading the next installment in the ongoing Sun Ra tribute series, Red Hot + Ra, with the LP Red Hot & Ra: The Magic City, out April 12. The LP isn’t a traditional “tribute” album filled with covers. Rather, Ndegeocello and her numerous collaborators honored Sun Ra …
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