Meindert Talma (born 2 November 1968 in Surhuisterveen) is a Dutch lo-fi singer and keyboardist whose backing band goes by the name of "the Negroes.

Two years later, Talma and a group of friends (the Negroes) recorded a debut album, Hondert punten ("Hundred points").

The album functioned as the soundtrack to a book of the same title and both were based on Talma's childhood memories and his early student years in Groningen.

For his next album, Talma asked labelmates from Excelsior Recordings to participate with Anne Soldaat (guitar), Jeroen Kleijn (drums), and Cor van Ingen (bass) lending their services.

Meindert Talma & the Negroes also contributed to Schaamte en woede ("Shame and Anger"), a charity compilation, with the song "Datst du net mear bestiest."

In December 2006, album number six, Nu geloof ik wat er in de Bijbel staat ("Now I Believe what the Bible Told", was released on Excelsior Recordings.

The album, whose title is a line from the song "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean", was recorded in a little abandoned church in Drachtster Compagnie and consisted of Dutch-language reworkings of old American folk traditionals.