A cover of George Michael and Aretha Franklin's "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" features Cynthia Erivo, and is out now ...

Synonym is out October 2 on Blue Note ...

A bit of a spoiler here: At the end of Meshell Ndegeocello’s new album, No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, a lone male voice repeats variations of several short phrases, some looped over each ...

Meshell Ndegeocello will release the guest-filled duets album ‘Synonym’ on October 2 through Blue Note Records.

The first single is a rendition of Aretha Franklin and George Michael’s ”I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” with Cynthia Erivo ...

Meshell Ndegeocello is taking a familiar songbook somewhere entirely new. The bassist, singer/songwriter and producer has ...

Meshell Ndegeocello worked on a new album inspired by Sun Ra and his 1966 album The Magic City. The new release, Red Hot & Ra : The Magic City, is out April 12 via Red Hot Organization. Ndegeocello ...

Meshell Ndegeocello has announced her second album for Blue Note Records. The new album is a tribute to James Baldwin and will be released on the 100th anniversary of the iconic author’s birth, August ...

A nuanced exploration of race, sexuality, religion and other recurring themes explored in Baldwin’s canon, which takes its inspiration from his seminal 1963 non-fiction work, The Fire Next Time – a ...

Black Music Month has brought a parade of Black legends to the Tiny Desk here at NPR headquarters. Each artist plays a few songs for a video that gets posted to nprmusic.org. Well, when Grammy-winning ...

Meshell Ndegeocello was cleaning her parents’ home after their deaths when she came upon a book her father had given her. It was a “Real Book,” a compilation of chord charts for jazz standards. And it ...

NPR's Tiny Desk is honoring Black Music Month with concerts lead by women, including Meshell Ndegeocello. NPR's Ari Shapiro spoke with her about... Meshell Ndegeocello talks about her album and ...