Meshell Ndegeocello Thinks Authenticity is Unsustainable
Meshell Ndegeocello has been a working musician since she was a teenager. She\u2019s probably best known for her biggest hit to date, \u201cWild Night,\u201d a Van Morrison cover she recorded with John Mellancamp back in 1994. Meshell is 55 now and just put out her 11th solo album, \u201cThe Omnichord Real Book,\u201d her first in five years. The album started as a kind of personal pandemic project before she decided to share it with the world, and it\u2019s now been nominated for a Best Alternative Jazz Album Grammy award.\nWhen Anna spoke with Meshell, she was just back from a quick European tour, and they talked about what it was like for her to grow up in the 70s and 80s in the Washington D.C. area, surrounded by music, and how she found the bass, her main instrument, by chance (and with a little help from Prince.) In this episode, Meshell shares how her life with music has evolved through the years, what she\u2019s learned to let go of \u2013 as a performer, as a mother and a daughter \u2013 and how the \u2018musical transmissions\u2019 that she receives help her stay grounded and present to who she really is, moment to moment.\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices