Vous connaissez Anthony Joseph , vous connaissez Meshell Ndegeocello , mais saviez-vous que grâce à toi, à moi, à vous, ils vont avoir la chance de collaborer ensemble ? Anthony Joseph voulant changer d’orientation musicale et tenter une nouvelle aventure, Meshell lui a proposé de produire son nouvel album. L'objectif est de mettre en valeur la poésie d’Anthony mais dans un autre écrin musical, avec comme modèle le travail effectué par Richard Russel sur le dernier album de Gil Scott-Heron. La musique sur cet album devrait être plus éléctronique que précédemment, avec une vibe [...]
Cohen's heart finds ten companions who have reworked and modified the songs on his tour de force debut - and it beats just as strongly in them all.
Teena Marie: “Beautiful” R&B goddess Teena Marie’s unexpected death in 2010 left a huge void music, filled only by this disc, her final album, was fished just days before her untimely passing. In the 3 years since, her daughter has added vocals to several tracks making it a document to love and funk. A fitting cap to a life full of amazing music, the saddest part in listening to this CD - which shows a singer still at the top of her game – is being left to wonder what would have come next. Damn, Lady [...]
Here's your Friday fun: ► Bloc Party rolls into the Palladium behind their latest album "Four," with Dum Dum Girls supporting. ► In September, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood released the second of its two albums this year, "The Magic Door," which followed June's "Big Moon Ritual." Expect some serious jamming when they hit the stage at the El Rey Theatre. ► David Bazan plays a sold-out show at the Troubadour marking the 10th anniversary of his fine Pedro the Lion album "Control," which he and his band will [...]
Meshell Ndegeocello performs A Tribute to Nina Simone at the Mission Theater in Portland next Wednesday night (December 12th). This year Ndegeocello released a tribute album, titled Pour une Ame Souveraine (For a Sovereign Soul). The record features songs like "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," "See Line Woman," and "House of the Rising Sun" and contributors Cody Chesnutt, Liz Wright and Toshi Reagon. Luz Mendoza of Y La Bamba opens Wednesday's concert. Doors open at 7; show starts at 8. It's a 21+ over show. We're giving [...]
Singer-songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello shares her adoration for Nina Simone with The Record . "Simone is our people's Bach," she told me in an interview before the show. "She is the foundation for making popular music interesting and her activist side makes her a heroine to us." NPR excerpts from Oliver Sacks' new book Hallucinations . Actor Stephen Colbert talks music with [...]
Bassist extraordinaire Meshell Ndegeocello dedicates her tenth studio album to Nina Simone, a pioneering spirit in music and the civil rights movement.
American neo-soul pioneer Michelle Lynn Johnson, also known by the stage moniker Meshell Ndegeocello, is performing Pour Une Ame Souveraine: A Tribute to Nina Simone tonight at World Café Live. The tribute album, which was released last week, includes fourteen covers of the late jazz singer’s hits, including “Be My Husband” featuring Valerie June. The ... Continue reading
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Georgia Anne Muldrow, Dudley Perkins, J Dilla Song: Robert Glasper - The Consequences of Jealousy Ft. Meshell Ndegeocello (Georgia Anne Muldrow's Sassy Geemix) [download here ] [...]
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 115 with freebie downloads for mp3s by How to destroy angels, Crystal Castles, Man Overboard, Synchronice, Meshell Ndegeocello, Punch Brothers and more! So much more! DATE: 10-11-12 WRITER: Don Loder Hola junky! Y'see what I did there? I was speakin' Mexican – folks like it when you show a little worldly knowledge right? 'At's what'ey tell me, anyway. But who cares? Here we go again, an' here's me wit' anotha great [view more]
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A few of my favorite new releases this week, including the latest from AC Newman (of New Pornographers), Freelance Whales , and Tame Impala . As always, be sure to check out Largehearted Boy for new music. What are your favorite new releases this week? AC Newman// Shut Down the Streets [...]
Here are a few MP3s of songs from some of the better albums released this week: Freelance Whales – “Spitting Image” from Diluvia Lord Huron – “Time to Run” from Lonesome Dreams Meshell Ndegeocello – “Be My Husband” from Pour...
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ARTIST: The SWAG Report 111 with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by Aimee Mann, Broke For Free, California Wives, La Armada, Murder By Death and more! So much more! DATE: 09-13-12 WRITER: Don Loder Awrightcha Junky bastids, So how much - whatchacallit - "rhetoric" are ya up for taday? Are ya itchin'? Well tough! Yer gonna hafta hear aboutit from me, cause I said so! Don' worry though, it'll be worth it! I scored a live tune from Silversun Pickups, [...]
For most true soul lovers, the pairing of the genre-defying MeShell Ndegeocello and Mr. "Look Good In Leather" himself Cody ChesnuTT in any musical capacity is bound to be something to put in the "Must-Hear" folder, but to have their respective talents be merged together on a Civil Rights anthem/ soul classic...now that's something a little extra special. Ndegeocello's tenth (!!) set, tribute album Pour une Âme Souveraine (For A Sovereign Soul), A Dedication to Nina Simone is due October 9th (via [...]
Revered by many, including Meshell Ndegeocello , Nina Simone was not only talented in her work but was a proud, black, female musician during a time when black female voices were often silenced. Holding similar ideals to Simone's refusal to be owned by genre, industry or expectation, Meshell has stepped away from trying to explain herself. After 20 years in the industry and 9 previous records under her belt, Meshell Ndegeocello has made a name for herself, earning critical acclaim, continuous respect by fellow musicians, songwriters and composers and [...]
Meshell Ndegeocello - To Be Young, Gifted and Black (feat. Cody ChestnuTT Meshell’s a ten time Grammy winner and yes, that girl from the John Melloncamp cover of Van Morrison’s “Wild Night”, back with an album in October of which this is one track. This is a cover of Nina Simone, to whom this upcoming album is a tribute. Ndegeocello hands the mic to the one and only Cody ChestnuTT, who puts in a sincere effort to do good on the famous tune. Of her decision to honor Nina: “She was unusual, unruly, unparalleled. [...]
"Be My Husband" is Meshell Ndegeocello's tribute to Nina Simone. It's off Pour une âme souveraine ("for a sovereign soul"), out October 9 via Naïve Records. This track is an outsider take on the original; it's got that same blues stomp but with much weirder vocals. Download it below. "Be My Husband" (download):
Belgian singer/songwriter (and Music Is My King Size Bed 'One to Watch') Selah Sue is about to EXPLODE stateside! Mark my words! In addition to releasing her self-titled debut album on August 21st via Columbia Records, the talented songstress has been announced as the opener for Ed Sheeran's forthcoming VH1 You Oughta Know Tour, kicking off September 17th in Toronto! Now, that's what I
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