Meshell at KCRW

It's no secret that I am a fervent Meshell Ndegeocello fan. Here is a recent performance at my old hometown station in Santa Monica:

Yasmine Hamdan

The songs of Lebanese singer-songer Yasmine Hamdan from her Ya Nass album, with its arresting arrangements, a recent addition to my music library, have been filling my ears for the last couple of days. Here is a performance, said to be unrehearsed, with guitarist Gabriel Gordon whom she met only a few hours earlier.

Sister O.M. Terrell

Who is Sister O.M. Terrell? Check out this NPR piece by musicologist Bruce Nemerov

Storyboard P

Kim discovered this guy from a New Yorker read and passed it along.  Here are just a couple of the many terrific video clips of Storyboard P you can find on YouTube: