Guardian Music — (Heads Up)Former Miles Davis guitarist Mike Stern takes an all-embracing approach here, mixing up funk, blues, African music, soul-jazz, bebop and ballads. He takes an equally sweeping approach to recruiting studio lineups, too: there are star appea... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Jazz sensation Esperanza Spalding turned heads with her 2011 Grammy Award win for Best New Artist, an award the Portland-bred bassist/vocalist earned in a who's who of buzz acts. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ryan Muir Jimmy Cliff at Prospect Park - 6/5/12 The 2012 Celebrate Brooklyn series at Prospect Park kicked off on June 5 with Jimmy Cliff. More pictures from that show are in this post. JImmy Cliff is planning... more info

Guardian Music — Koko, CamdenJazz doesn't often donate overnight stars to the mainstream pop world, but when the bassist and songwriter Esperanza Spalding won her 2011 best newcomer Grammy, the news reached radars rarely tuned to the genre.Insiders knew Spalding from... more info

The Newsroom — Grammy Award winning jazz musician, Esperanza Spalding chats to Reuters Television about the impact of her Grammy win and angry Justin Bieber fans. more info

Guardian Music — The multi award-winning graduates of Berklee College in the US have expanded the scope of rock, jazz and popRoger Brown, 55, has presided over the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, since 2004. Reputedly the world's top school for "mo... more info

Guardian Music — Dionne Warwick, Coldplay and Kyla La Grange are among the shows our writers will be reviewing this week. Take a look at the full list and tell us about live music you've seen recentlyEach week we publish a list of concerts our writers will be coverin... more info

Guardian Music — Tyga, On tourWhen you sign with Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment, it could seem a little like signing with the mob: you join a family who are there for you, really whether you want them or not. It's an interesting development for Tyga because he... more info

Time — The Best New Artist Grammy-winner is the future of music. Get over it, Beiber fans. more info

E! Online — This is music to our ears. In celebration of Earth Day on April 22, Grammy-winning artist Esperanza Spalding will premiere the music video for her new song, "Endangered Species,"... more info