L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — With just nine trophies handed out on its live CBS telecast, the actual award portion of the Grammy Awards is something of a subplot. Drama was provided by the likes of Esperanza Spalding and the Arcade Fire, who were each... more info

ContactMusic — Jazz star ESPERANZA SPALDING has brushed off the harsh criticism she's received after beating JUSTIN BIEBER to the Best New Artist Grammy Award at this year's (11) ceremony, insisting she's not making music to be popular.The little-known bassist and ... more info

Detroit Free Press — She was one of the biggest stories of the Grammy Awards earlier this month -- winning the best new artist trophy over big names like Justin Bieber and Drake. Now jazz vocalist and bassist Esperanza Spalding will be hitting the Music Hall Center for t... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Yes that's right, there is a ROBOT that can play the VIOLIN. With its little robot hands and its little robot brain and its little robot robot parts. It's pretty good, too, so watch out Yo Yo Ma. (Yes, we know, Yo Yo Ma plays the cello. And Esperanza... more info

Pop Crunch — Tween girls aren’t the only ones still hopping mad that jazz songstress Esperanza Spalding yanked the Best New Artist prize right out from under Justin Bieber’s bangs at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards earlier this month. On Sunday, hip-hop marketi... more info

Altsounds — Bassist, singer and composer Esperanza Spalding has won the GRAMMY® Award for Best New Artist. Winners were announced by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) at the 53rd® Awards on Sunday, February 13, 2011, at ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Arcade Fire’s album-of-the-year Grammy award on Sunday night for “The Suburbs” was a victory for a lot of people, and not just because it seemed as if the Canadian rock collective brought half the population of its native Montreal onstage durin... more info

Pop Crunch — Ladies & Gents of America: Behold….This. Is. Your. Future. The Belieber Nation has been in a state of chaos ever since Esperanza Spalding stole the Best New Artist Grammy out from under Bieber’s bangs and now we have evidence of Spalding accident... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Q-Tip has revealed that he will be producing Esperanza Spalding’s next album. The Jazz bassist who won Best New Artist at Sunday’s Grammy Awards has been part of a fan backlash after she beat Justin Bieber and Drake to the award. In her defense, ... more info

Pop Crunch — Uh-oh, Whoopi’s mad — and you know what that means: Run for your life! The View’s Whoopi Goldberg is angrier then a Justin Bieber fan at an Esperanza Spalding concert after she became the glaring omission in a New York Times article over the we... more info