This episode features George in conversation with bassist-vocalist Meshell Ndegeocello. Ndegeocello’s artistic genius has been long documented. So has her expansive scope. Funk, soul, jazz, hip hop, reggae, rock, and more all have a place in her music. As one critic noted, she even helped “spark the neo-soul movement.” Her wide range is evident in not just her music but also her conversation with George as it incorporates everyone from Stevie Wonder to Joni Mitchell to Ben Webster to Jason Moran. The dialogue also advances Ndegocello’s role as a philosopher. Time, in particular, takes on a central role in the discussion, whether Ndegeocello’s ability to use technology in otherwise idle time to create art or how now is the moment to change society for the better.
[mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/sohoradio/forward-motion-with-george-burton-live-from-nyc-20082021/ width=100% height=400]
Interview originally aired on Soho Radio on August 20, 2021.
More information on George Burton can be found here.
More information on Meshell Ndegeocello can be found here.
When most “Everyday People” think of funk, they perceive it in a maximalist sense. They…
In a recording studio sat a drummer behind his kit with two signs hanging nearby.…
1956. In the popular consciousness, the grandeur of swing era big bands had ceded to…
Even well into the second half of his eighties, Gary Bartz remains one of the…
Pianist and composer Helen Sung delivers her first big band album with Oracles (Sunnyside, 2026). The seventeen-piece big…
Few concepts so profoundly shape the human experience yet remain as elusive as time. Without…