Hear Mark G. Meadows cover ‘Superstition’ by Stevie Wonder

The pianist and vocalist Mark G. Meadows has been known as a leading young figure on D.C.’s music scene since the release of his debut album, Something Good, in 2014. Since then he’s put out another fine record — To the People, named CapitalBop’s No. 2 album of 2016 — and performed in a range of clubs, concert halls and musical-theater stages across the DMV area.

Now he’s at work on a new EP, due in spring 2019, and today he released a funky cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” from that disc. You can listen to that here.

Together with his band, the Movement, Meadows brings Wonder’s up-tempo, baroque funk down to a simmer, adding complexity. At moments, his version sounds almost like cross-cover with Wonder’s funkiest hit, “Higher Ground.” Meadows’ vocals sail smoothly over the roiling grooves of drummer Carroll “C.V.” Dashiell and bassist Eliot Seppa, delivering a feverish piano solo mid-song before allowing guitarist John Lee’s eruptive shredding to bring things home.

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About Jackson Sinnenberg

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Jackson Sinnenberg is the Morning Edition Producer and Editor for WAMU 88.5 - Washington, D.C.'s NPR News Station. As an arts and culture reporter, his work has appeared in the Washington Post, JazzTimes, Downbeat, NPR Music, and the Washington City Paper. He began covering the city’s music scene for WGTB, Georgetown University’s radio station, where he was a show host, writer, and columnist. He graduated from Georgetown with a bachelor’s degree in American Musical Culture. Reach him at [email protected]. Follow him at @sinnenbergamu.

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