Meshell Ndegeocello to Release New Album “Synonym”

Meshell Ndegeocello: Synonym review – vivid all-star reinventions of everyone from Bob Dylan to J-Lo

(Blue Note) In the jazz-soul singer’s ‘expression of queer liberation’, stars from Chaka Khan to Bill Callahan to Cynthia Erivo duet on equally varied songs from Cher to the Human League and beyond It’s fair to say that Meshell Ndegeocello has made a career out of declining to stay in one place too long. Since…

Meshell Ndegeocello Reimagines Iconic Songs with Star-Studded Guests on 'Synonym' (ALBUM REVIEW) - Glide Magazine

A sense of community drives the nearly impossible-to-categorize bassist, songwriter, singer, producer, and visionary Meshell Ndegeocello. Though she has long embraced the queer community that first gave her comfort, she has now broadened her reach into musical territories many may have presumed were beyond her grasp. In any case, in an ever- increasing trend of guest-filled projects, Synonym, a staggering collection of mostly duets, may be the m…

Meshell Ndegeocello to Release New Album “Synonym”

  MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO ANNOUNCES OCT. 2 RELEASE OF SYNONYM NEW ALBUM OF DUETS FEATURING AN ASTOUNDING LINE-UP OF SPECIAL GUESTS COLLABORATING ON STUNNING REINVENTIONS OF CLASSIC SONGS   Meshell Ndegeocello has announced the October 2 release of her 3rd Blue Note album Synonym, one of the most ambitious projects in her impressive discography which features an astounding rollcall of special guests reimagining and reconceptualizing a brilliantly cur…