Awesome Person Honored

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv8Rhiibix0

“The beauty of the vocal style is that the voice is tender and approachable, not aggressive or threatening, but at the same time the lyrics are powerful and politically charged. It’s a very effective way to juxtapose content and texture. You’ve got a hooky, catchy pop sound, but by the time you absorb the lyrics and get to the chorus, you realize you have been baited and switched.”
 — Singer Aloe Blacc talks about the late Curtis Mayfield, who’s 70th birthday, which happened last month, is being celebrated tonight with a tribute concert at Lincoln Center featuring Mavis Staples, The Roots, Meshell Ndegeocello and Sinead O’Conner, who will likely do this:

And maybe Mavis Staples will do this (having done it before):

And the Roots will probably do something like this:

And if we’re lucky, Meshell Ndegeocello exactly this: