{"id":3196,"date":"2021-08-24T20:44:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T01:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postgenre.org\/staging\/4567\/?p=3196"},"modified":"2021-08-27T15:24:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T20:24:11","slug":"forward-motion-ndegeocello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postgenre.org\/staging\/4567\/forward-motion-ndegeocello\/","title":{"rendered":"Forward Motion: Meshell Ndegeocello"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This episode features George in conversation with bassist-vocalist Meshell Ndegeocello. Ndegeocello\u2019s 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 \u201cspark the neo-soul movement.\u201d 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\u2019s role as a philosopher. Time, in particular, takes on a central role in the discussion, whether Ndegeocello\u2019s ability to use technology in otherwise idle time to create art or how now is the moment to change society for the better. <\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fsohoradio%2Fforward-motion-with-george-burton-live-from-nyc-20082021%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"encrypted-media; fullscreen; autoplay; idle-detection; speaker-selection; web-share;\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview originally aired on <a href=\"https:\/\/sohoradiolondon.com\/profile\/george-burton\/\">Soho Radio<\/a> on August 20, 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information on George Burton can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgeburtonmusic.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information on Meshell Ndegeocello can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/meshell.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This episode features George in conversation with bassist-vocalist Meshell Ndegeocello. Ndegeocello\u2019s 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 \u201cspark the neo-soul movement.\u201d Her wide range is evident in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":9,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-forward-motion-with-george-burton"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/postgenre.org\/staging\/4567\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/BeFunky-design.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peRkRR-Py","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":274,"url":"https:\/\/postgenre.org\/staging\/4567\/review-lakecia-benjamins-pursuance-the-coltranes\/","url_meta":{"origin":3196,"position":0},"title":"Review: Lakecia Benjamin&#8217;s &#8216;Pursuance: The Coltranes&#8217;","author":"Rob Shepherd","date":"March 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"In the over fifty years since John Coltrane\u2019s death, dozens, if not hundreds, of recordings have honored his artistic genius. 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