Meshell Ndegeocello On The East Coast

The fabulous songstress has a short run of U.S. dates booked for June in support of her upcoming album. Stops for Meshell Ndegeocello include New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia.

Now available for pre-order, Comet, Come To Me drops June 3. The first song released from the long player is “Conviction.”

Ndegeocello’s 11^th album features special guests Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) and Doyle Bramhall as well as long-time collaborators Christopher Bruce on guitar, keyboardist Jebin Bruni and Earl Havin on drums.

“Comet, Come To Me was a little labor but a lot of love. It was made with my favorite collaborators, and it felt good to channel the sounds in my mind after having Nina in residence for a while,” Ndegeocello said, referencing her 2012 disc, Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone.

Photo: Doug Seymour

World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, Pa.

“When I’m writing songs and recording the demos, I’m having my own awesome experience in my attic, or on a plane, or in a hotel room, just making my beats on my laptop. Then I get together with these people that I have an intimate musical relationship with, and we bring the longs to life.”

Here are the dates:

June 3 – New York, N.Y., Le Poisson Rouge
June 4 – Baltimore, Md., Baltimore Soundstage
June 5 – Alexandria, Va., The Birchmere
June 6 – Philadelphia, Pa., World Cafe Live
June 7 – Cambridge, Mass., The Sinclair

Tickets for all shows are on sale now. Visit Meshell.com for more information.