Best Of: Meshell Ndegeocello / Betty Gilpin

From W H Y Y in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley in Los Angeles. Today's singer, songwriter, and bassist Michelle Ndigiacello. She helped define the sound of Neo Soul, blending funk, jazz, and RB into music that was unmistakably her own. Now on her new album, Cynonym, she's taking familiar duets and turning them into something unexpected. This album is not just about rearranging chords and rhythms, but also about queerness. Visibility Liberation

Plus actor Betty Gilpin. And Widows Bay, she plays a new bride in the 1700s. Who finds herself caught in a terrifying satanic curse. The series walks a fine line between horror and comedy. Here's how Gilpin approached it. I was like okay, I'm just gonna treat this like it's a seventeen oh two rom com and then be as shocked as my character when it's less when Harry met Sally more exorcist goes camping. And rock critic Kim Tucker reviews some newly released recordings by Stevie Wonder.

That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend. This is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. My guest is Michelle Neggicello. And you might recognize her vocals and bass from this song. That's Michelle in Deggio with John Mellencamp covering Van Morrison's Wild Night in Nineteen Nighty Four. By then, Andeggio Cello was already making a name for herself, but

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