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Watch Esperanza Spalding Livestream The Recording Of Her New Album

3348 days ago

Stereogum — Earlier this year, Esperanza Spalding announced her intention to livestream the writing and recording of an entire album over a 77-hour period. She is now in the studio with a few trusted musicians but no pre-written songs, and hopefully at the end o... more info

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Shorties (An Excerpt from Paul Lynch's New Novel, An Interview with Esperanza Spalding, and more)

3368 days ago

LargeHeartedBoy — Literary Hub shared an excerpt from one of the year's finest novels, Paul Lynch's Grace. Salon interviewed singer-songwriter Esperanza Spalding. Phil Marcade talked to Vol. 1 Brooklyn about his memoir Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground... more info

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Esperanza Spalding, Neil Finn Will Both Livestream The Recording Of Their New Albums

3391 days ago

Stereogum — The jazz-prog fusionist Esperanza Spalding already has an impressive resume; she beat out Justin Bieber and Drake to win a Best New Artist Grammy in 2011, and she recently became a professor of composition and performance at Harvard. And now she's ab... more info

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Esperanza Spalding Will Record ‘Exposure’ in Front of the World

3395 days ago

New York Times — Ms. Spalding, a singer and bassist, is making her sixth record during a marathon 77-hour writing and recording session that she will stream live online. more info

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BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival Announces Summer Lineup

3481 days ago

New York Times — Lake Street Dive, Esperanza Spalding and Lila Downs are to come to Prospect Park this summer. more info

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She Shreds Mag Puts Women And Gender Nonconforming Artists To The Front At SXSW

3529 days ago

Stereogum — She Shreds is a print magazine dedicated to women guitarists and bassists that's been around since 2011. Past covers include Laura Jane Grace, Corin Tucker, Marnie Stern, Esperanza Spalding, and more. She Shreds always book a rad unofficial SXSW day ... more info

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Best of 2016

3625 days ago

Allmusic Blog — Our year-end coverage kicks off with our editors’ list of their favorite albums of 2016, which features both Knowles sisters, as well as Esperanza Spalding, Miranda Lambert, Savages, A Tribe Called Quest and a pair of recently-departed icons. more info

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Common and Stevie Wonder’s “Black America Again” video shows Alton Sterling’s shooting — watch

3703 days ago

Consequence of Sound — Track also features Chuck D, MC Lyte, Esperanza Spalding, J Rock, and Patrick Warren. more info

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Common – “Black America Again” (Feat. Stevie Wonder) Video

3703 days ago

Stereogum — The issue of anti-black police violence remains terrifyingly, heartbreakingly present in American life today. And on a new song that features many, many talented artists from different eras, the rap veteran Common testifies and vents about it. “Bla... more info

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