Meshell Ndegeocello turns familiar songs inside out
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Grammy-winning singer, bassist, and composer Meshell Ndegeocello helped shape the sound that became known as “neo-soul,” but she’s spent more than three decades resisting the labels placed on her and her music. Now, on her new album, Synonym, she’s reimagining familiar songs, including duets made famous by Sonny and Cher and the Human League. But these aren’t simply new arrangements. βThis album is not just about rearranging chords and rhythms, but also about queerness and self-expression, visibility, liberation,” she tells Tonya Mosley. Meshell talks about her “soulful” musical influences, growing up in the Baptist church, and why she loves ‘Wicked.’
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