No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
Meshell Ndegeocello
No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
Meshell Ndegeocello
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Meshell Ndegeocello’s 2nd Blue Note album No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin pays homage to the eminent writer and activist James Baldwin. Ndegeocello’s transformative music and collaborative spirit ignites this genre-bending work that is at once a musical experience, a church service, a celebration, a testimonial, and a call to action. The album will be released on Baldwin’s Centennial: August 2, 2024. Co-produced by Meshell and guitarist Chris Bruce, the album also features frequent collaborators Justin Hicks, Kenita Miller, Abe Rounds, Jake Sherman, Jebin Bruni, and Julius Rodriguez, as well as powerful spoken word performances by Jamaican poet and activist Staceyann Chin.
Contents and tracklist
Chris Bruce, Meshell Ndegeocello, Julius Rodriguez, Abe Rounds, Jake Sherman, Jebin Bruni, Justin Hicks, Staceyann Chin, James Baldwin:
Travel
Work length4:09
- Chris Bruce (guitar), Meshell Ndegeocello (vocalist), Julius Rodriguez (organ), Abe Rounds (drumkit), Abe Rounds (percussion), Abe Rounds (vocalist), Jake Sherman (bass), Jake Sherman (piano), Jebin Bruni (keyboard), Justin Hicks (vocalist), Kenita Miller (vocalist)
- Recorded: 2022
- Recording Venue: Dreamland Recording Studios
Chris Bruce, Meshell Ndegeocello, Abe Rounds, Jake Sherman, Jebin Bruni, Justin Hicks, Paul Thompson, Hilton Als, James Baldwin, Staceyann Chin:
On The Mountain
Work length5:59
- Chris Bruce (guitar), Meshell Ndegeocello (bass), Meshell Ndegeocello (percussion), Julius Rodriguez (organ), Abe Rounds (drumkit), Abe Rounds (percussion), Jake Sherman (hammondb3), Jake Sherman (percussion), Jake Sherman (rhodes), Jebin Bruni (keyboard), Jebin Bruni (percussion), Jebin Bruni (piano), Justin Hicks (vocalist), Paul Thompson (percussion), Paul Thompson (trumpet)
- Recorded: 2022
- Recording Venue: Dreamland Recording Studios
- Meshell Ndegeocello (artisticconception)
- Recorded: 2022
- Recording Venue: Dreamland Recording Studios
- Meshell Ndegeocello (artisticconception), Josh Johnson (saxophone), Josh Johnson (soundeffects)
- Recorded: 2022
- Recording Venue: Dreamland Recording Studios
- Chris Bruce (acousticguitar), Meshell Ndegeocello (vocalist)
- Recorded: 2022
- Recording Venue: Dreamland Recording Studios
Chris Bruce, Meshell Ndegeocello, Abe Rounds, Jebin Bruni, Justin Hicks, Christopher Bruce:
What Did I Do?
Work length5:18
- Chris Bruce (guitar), Meshell Ndegeocello (bass), Abe Rounds (percussion), Jake Sherman (hammondb3), Jebin Bruni (keyboard), Justin Hicks (vocalist)
- Recorded: 2022
- Recording Venue: Dreamland Recording Studios
- Meshell Ndegeocello (bass), Meshell Ndegeocello (keyboard), Meshell Ndegeocello (vocalist), Abe Rounds (drumprogrammer), Abe Rounds (drumkit), Abe Rounds (percussion), Abe Rounds (vocalist), Justin Hicks (vocalist)
- Recorded: 2022
- Recording Venue: Dreamland Recording Studios
- Chris Bruce (guitar), Meshell Ndegeocello (bass), Meshell Ndegeocello (vocalist), Abe Rounds (drumkit), Abe Rounds (percussion), Abe Rounds (vocalist), Jake Sherman (hammondb3), Jebin Bruni (keyboard), Justin Hicks (vocalist)
- Recorded: 2022
- Recording Venue: Dreamland Recording Studios
- Chris Bruce (guitar), Meshell Ndegeocello (bass), Abe Rounds (drumkit), Jake Sherman (hammondb3), Jebin Bruni (piano), Justin Hicks (vocalist)
- Recorded: 2022
- Recording Venue: Dreamland Recording Studios
Chris Bruce, Meshell Ndegeocello, Julius Rodriguez, Abe Rounds, Jake Sherman, Jebin Bruni, Justin Hicks, Kenita Miller, Alison Riley, Jack DeBoe, James Baldwin, James Daniel Woods:
Trouble
Work length7:18
- Chris Bruce (guitar), Meshell Ndegeocello (vocalist), Julius Rodriguez (rhodes), Abe Rounds (drumkit), Abe Rounds (percussion), Abe Rounds (vocalist), Jake Sherman (hammondb3), Jebin Bruni (keyboard), Justin Hicks (vocalist), Kenita Miller (vocalist)
- Recorded: 2022
- Recording Venue: Dreamland Recording Studios
Chris Bruce, Meshell Ndegeocello, Julius Rodriguez, Abe Rounds, Jake Sherman, Jebin Bruni, Justin Hicks, Kenita Miller, Staceyann Chin:
Thus Sayeth The Lorde
Work length5:40
- Chris Bruce (acousticguitar), Chris Bruce (electricguitar), Meshell Ndegeocello (vocalist), Julius Rodriguez (rhodes), Abe Rounds (drumkit), Abe Rounds (percussion), Abe Rounds (vocalist), Jake Sherman (hammondb3), Jebin Bruni (keyboard), Jebin Bruni (wurlitzerelectricpiano), Justin Hicks (vocalist), Kenita Miller (vocalist)
- Recorded: 2022
- Recording Venue: Dreamland Recording Studios
Chris Bruce, Meshell Ndegeocello, Abe Rounds, Jebin Bruni, Justin Hicks, James Baldwin:
Love
Work length3:42
- Chris Bruce (guitar), Chris Bruce (synthesizer), Meshell Ndegeocello (bass), Meshell Ndegeocello (vocalist), Abe Rounds (drumkit), Abe Rounds (percussion), Abe Rounds (vocalist), Jake Sherman (bass), Jake Sherman (keyboard), Jake Sherman (hammondb3), Jebin Bruni (keyboard), Justin Hicks (vocalist), Kenita Miller (vocalist)
- Recorded: 2022
- Recording Venue: Dreamland Recording Studios
Chris Bruce, Meshell Ndegeocello, Abe Rounds, Jebin Bruni, Justin Hicks, James Baldwin:
Hatred
Work length5:28
- Chris Bruce (guitar), Meshell Ndegeocello (vocalist), Abe Rounds (drumkit), Abe Rounds (vocalist), Jake Sherman (hammondb3), Jebin Bruni (keyboard), Jebin Bruni (piano), Justin Hicks (vocalist)
- Recorded: 2022
- Recording Venue: Dreamland Recording Studios
- Meshell Ndegeocello (artisticconception), Josh Johnson (saxophone), Josh Johnson (soundeffects)
- Recorded: 2022
- Recording Venue: Dreamland Recording Studios
Chris Bruce, Meshell Ndegeocello, Abe Rounds, Jebin Bruni, Justin Hicks, Cauleen Smith, Jake Sherman:
Another Country
Work length4:47
- Chris Bruce (guitar), Meshell Ndegeocello (vocalist), Julius Rodriguez (organ), Abe Rounds (drumprogrammer), Abe Rounds (drumkit), Abe Rounds (percussion), Abe Rounds (vocalist), Jebin Bruni (keyboard), Jebin Bruni (piano), Jebin Bruni (vocalist), Justin Hicks (vocalist), Paul Thompson (vocalist)
- Recorded: 2022
- Recording Venue: Dreamland Recording Studios
- Meshell Ndegeocello (artisticconception), Josh Johnson (saxophone), Josh Johnson (soundeffects)
- Recorded: 2022
- Recording Venue: Dreamland Recording Studios
Chris Bruce, Meshell Ndegeocello, Abe Rounds, Jebin Bruni, Justin Hicks:
Down At The Cross
Work length5:42
- Chris Bruce (bass), Chris Bruce (keyboard), Chris Bruce (guitar), Meshell Ndegeocello (vocalist), Abe Rounds (drumprogrammer), Abe Rounds (percussion), Jebin Bruni (keyboard), Justin Hicks (vocalist)
- Recorded: 2022
- Recording Venue: Dreamland Recording Studios
Spotlight on this release
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Meshell Ndegeocello - No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
16th Aug 2024
Meshell Ndegeocello's celebration of the Harlem-born writer and civil rights activist is both an homage and a call to action, urging listeners to engage with Baldwin’s ideas and the urgent social issues which they address.
