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Known as the "Jedi of Cool," keyboardist Jon O'Bergh refuses to be pigeonholed in one genre of music.

Little-known fact: MeShell Ndegeocello born Michelle Johnson in Berlin, Germany.

Music superstar Meshell Ndegeocello returns to the scene with her eighth studio album, Devil's Halo.

Happy Wednesday. Yes, we've looked outside and know there's not much happy about this dreary day.

Few bands live up to their names as well as Air. The French electronic duo makes gravity-defying disco-pop that can be as foreboding as it is frothy .

'Dub is in my body forever. I definitely hear everything through a dub filter.' Meshell Ndegeocello 's eighth studio album, Devil's Halo , synthesizes her varied influences as they've played out on her often brilliantly, at times, bafflingly, varied previous albums - notably Bitter , Comfort Woman , The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams , and ...

Ndegeocello returns to a casual sound. Details: Meshell Ndegeocello The Triple Door, 216 Union St., 838-4333, tripledoor.net . $26$32. All ages.

In the Field... 10.18.2009 'Hearing' Meshell Ndgeocello Again 'Hearing' Meshell Again by Mark Anthony Neal Part of the initial appeal of Meshell Ndegeocello, one off the first artists signed to Madonna's Maverick label, was her effortless exoticism.

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This worldly singer-bassist has hewed to few rules since emerging in the mid-'90s, carving out a career that has proficiently tapped rock, jazz, worldbeat and classic soul.

Herta Mueller won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday in an award seen as a nod to the 20th anniversary of communism's collapse.

Blake Lewis -- "Heartbreak on Vinyl" Meshell Ndegeocello -- "Devil's Halo" One More Girl -- "Big Sky" Joe Perry -- "Have Guitar, Will Travel" The Raveonettes -- "In and Out of Control" Relient K -- "Forget and Not Slow Down" Steel Panther -- "Feel the Steel" DJ Tiesto -- "Kaleidoscope" Tokio Hotel -- "Humanoid" Chris Tomlin -- "Glory in the ...

SOUL PIONEER Meshell Ndegeocello 's CD-release show Thursday night is technically a homecoming - she's a veteran of both the Ellington School and the late-'80s go-go scene - "Devil's Halo" is far from the bass-heavy, jazz-funk roots of her taunting 1993 Grammy-nominated hit "If That's Your Boyfriend ." "I think I wrote that when I was 18, and now ...

Meshell Ndegeocello sat down at center stage on a drummer's stool several times during her show at the Highline Ballroom on Tuesday.

Her unpredictable nature seems to be her gambit--a marvel shared by a mere handful of lasting music deities.

"Devil's Halo,'' the latest record by genre-defying Meshell Ndegeocello , has been described by the singer/bassist as "all about contrast - then and now, raw and polished, beats and harmonies.

No one defies categorization like Meshell Ndegeocello. Her eighth album, " Devil's Halo ," veers wildly between genres, alternating slow R&B grooves with quiet folks songs and meandering jazz-pop, but the mellow depth of Ndegeocello's voice and the sonic boom of her bass lines tie this jumbled gift together with a big, velvet bow.

LOOK>> People are set up by their loved ones in situations that embody their deepest fears on "Scare Tactics," premiering on SyFy tonight at 5 p.m. LISTEN>> New albums out today: Air, "Love 2"; Backstreet Boys, "This is Us"; Basement Jaxx, "Scars"; Built to Spill, "There Is No Enemy"; Gossip, "Music for Men"; the Mountain Goats, "The Life of the ...

"I guess I'm weird. I like the darkness. I'm not afraid of it as much anymore," says Meshell Ndegeocello, referring to the mood of her new album, "Devil's Halo." Meshell Ndegeocello lets out a low chuckle when asked if she's worried her fans might think she's been hitting the bottle based on some of the boozy characters on her new album, "Devil's ...

I've always had a lot of respect and admiration for Meshell Ndegeocello. Besides being a superlative musician, the African American bassist is one of the most unlikely gay icons of our time; I remember seeing a show at the Independent a few years back where she lambasted her lesbian fan base for not feeling the rawness of her grooves.