SPIN MAGAZINE DUBS JANELLE MONAE'S COVER OF JIMI HENDRIX'S "LITTLE WING" BEST COVER SINCE PEARL JAM'S "YELLOW LEDBETTER"

SPIN MAGAZINE DUBS JANELLE MONAE’S COVER OF JIMI HENDRIX’S “LITTLE WING” BEST COVER SINCE PEARL JAM’S “YELLOW LEDBETTER”

Mar 22 2012

Last night in Papantla, Mexico, Janelle Monáe (who recently performed with the Experience Hendrix Tour in Atlanta, GA) went full-Hendrix with a cover of Jimi’s Axis: Bold As Love classic “Little Wing.” Monáe delivers a dead-on rendition of the guitar god’s most beloved ballad, though she adds a sultriness that makes her “Little Wing” sound like it was re-imagined by one of Prince’s Paisley Park protégés. Click here to read more and to watch the performance

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