Thursday, October 18, 2012

New Release: Meshell Ndegeocello's Pour Une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone

Meshell's last album was so stunning and gorgeous, I was very excited to see what she could do with Nina Simone's work.  She's carried that same smokey & sexy treatment to this album as well.  Check it out!  eMusic.com review below…

Meshell ndegeocello dedication to nina simone

Meshell Ndegeocello, Pour Une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone

Meshell Ndegeocello paying tribute to the late Nina Simone makes perfect sense. Both battled to establish themselves on their own inconvenient terms: A pair of iconoclastic black female musicians, strong-willed but sensitive, disdainful of genre boundaries, and soulful to the core. It also makes sense that one of the ways Pour Une Âme Souveraine (translated as ‘For A Sovereign Soul’) would honor Simone is by often confounding expectations in its song choices and treatments. The hallowed Leonard Cohen ballad, ‘Suzanne’ becomes a brisk shuffle. With guest artist Toshi Reagon on board, the somber standard, ‘House of the Rising Sun’ is transformed into a blistering rock rave-up. Simone’s own memorable versions were more conventional, but she’d hardly be one to argue the adventure."

(Continued... Meshell Ndegeocello, Pour Une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone | eMusic News & Features)

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