In the 2002 documentary classic Standing in the Shadows of Motown, there’s a memorable scene where Meshell Ndegeocello asks Funk Brothers bassist Bob Babbitt if he felt any racial tension as a White ...

Meshell Ndegeocello has announced a new album, Synonym, due out on October 2 via Blue Note. It’s a cover album of duets, and features Cynthia Erivo, Cat Power, Chaka Khan, Brandi Carlile, Bill ...

The 1984 R&B hit gets a fresh spin more than 40 years later - along with the iconic bassline sampled by Eric B. & Rakim, 2Pac ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meshell Ndegeocello’s versatility might be considered a blessing and a curse. Unlike Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill — two peers with ...

Meshell Ndegeocello is taking one of the Eighties' frostiest break-up pop anthems somewhere much warmer. The bassist, singer, and producer has shared a new version of Human League's "Don't You Want Me ...

Ndegeocello returns Oct. 9 with Pour Une Ame Souveraine ("For a Sovereign Soul"). It's one of her many creative hairpin turns: a tribute to one of her clearest spiritual forebears, Nina Simone, who ...

Meshell Ndegeocello’s approach to music and life is equal parts defiance and surrender. Her music defies categorization, never fitting neatly into any specific genre yet incorporating elements of rock ...

On her latest album, Pour Une Âme Souveraine, singer and bassist Meshell Ndegeocello performs the songs of Nina Simone. The French title is a nod to the fact that Simone spent the later years of her ...

Making jazz records is easy. Anyone with half a name and the slightest interest (read: Lea DeLaria and Queen Latifah) can hire a bassist and book a session. You don't really need any ideas, just a ...

Meshell Ndegeocello requested the house lights be dimmed just before starting the first of two shows at the Kennedy Center Thursday night. Her reason? She wanted to engage the audience’s ears more ...

Both Meshell Ndegeocello and Cat Power have long histories of reinterpreting and reshaping other people's songs. Now, they're doing it together. This fall, Ndegeocello will release her new album ...