Semenya McCord enlivens classics in Mother's Day gig

Semenya McCord hobbled to the stage Sunday afternoon at Ryles, the result of a sprained ankle, but her voice was far from curtailed.

The Mother's Day concert, "Mama Says Sing Girl," thrilled the attentive full house at the Inman Sq., Cambridge club, and got the singer going too. The program was a benefit for Community Change, a group that works toward achieving racial justice.

"If anything will do it for you, it's the music," proclaimed McCord who said her injury felt immediately better once she was on stage. This declaration was observably true because by the concert's end she was carrying the crutch, not leaning on it. McCord's own mother was in the …