Synonym
Meshell Ndegeocello
- Meshell Ndegeocello Unifies a Multitude of Voices on Cohesive and Captivating Covers Project ‘Synonym’ | Album Review | Albumism
- Ndegeocello’s choice of guest artists to share the stage with feels pointedly inclusive and diverse; the album is a big, whole-hearted embrace of humanity and musicality in all of its guises.
- Review: Meshell Ndegeocello's 'Synonym' | Cover Me | Oct. 5, 2026, 2 p.m.
- "Synonym" sees Meshell Ndegeocello & friends on another fishing expedition in Cover Lake. They land some beauties but should've thrown back the little ones.
- Meshell Ndegeocello reflects on her musical influences: 'I'm the child of many' | NPR
- Often called the mother of neo-soul, Ndegeocello doesn't see herself that way. On her new album Synonym, she's turning familiar songs inside out, from the Human League to Bob Dylan.
- Meshell Ndegeocello turns familiar songs inside out : Fresh Air | NPR
- 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. “This 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.'Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter Follow us on Instagram Subscribe to our YouTube channel Check out the Fresh Air Archives
- Album Review: Meshell Ndegeocello - Synonym - | mxdwn Music | Oct. 11, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
- On October 2nd, 2026, multi-talented musician Meshell Ndegeocello released her album Synonym. Synonym is an album full of reimagined, reworked covers of classics across a multitude of decades. Each track features an artist within the same gender identification as the original partner in the duet. The tracks range
- NPR’s Michel Martin Features Meshell Ndegeocello’s New Album “Synonym” | The Kurland Agency | Oct. 8, 2026, 6:41 p.m.
- NPR writer Michel Martin recently spoke with Meshell Ndegeocello about her new album, Synonym, which pays tribute to classic musical duets. The album features Ndegeocello performing with well-known artists such as Cynthia Erivo, Chaka Khan, Brandi Carlile, and ANOHNI. Martin…Read more NPR’s Michel Martin Features Meshell Ndegeocello’s New Album “Synonym” ›
- Meshell Ndegeocello reinvents classic duets on her new album 'Synonym' | Jefferson Public Radio | Oct. 8, 2026, 12:33 a.m.
- With a diverse lineup of collaborators on a genre-fluid set of duets, Meshell Ndegeocello proves herself to be one of the most imaginative artists of our time.
- Meshell Ndegeocello pays tribute to classic duets with new album, 'Synonym' | Northeast Indiana Public Radio | Oct. 6, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
- NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Meshell Ndegeocello about her new album, "Synonym," featuring duets with the likes of Cynthia Erivo, Chaka Khan and Brandi Carlile.
- Meshell Ndegeocello: Synonym | Jazzwise | Sept. 30, 2026, 11 p.m.
- Meshell Ndegeocello's third album for Blue Note, the follow-up to her 2024 Grammy-winning No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin, sees her reimagining a...
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