Check out “Black Gold”, the new single from Grammy winner and all around cool girl Esperanza Spalding featuring Algebra Blessett. “Black Gold” has a great message about loving yourself and your roots and a beautiful video to match. Esperanza Spalding’s new album Radio Music Society is due out March 20.
From the release… Starting the new year off with a bang, Lyric Jones wastes no time in dropping the much anticipated third leak, “Loss On Repeat” featuring Grammy Award Winning jazz vocalist and bassist Esperanza Spalding. The song introduces a nice marriage of the two worlds of jazz and hip hop, gelling well to show a versatile style of both artists. Check out how Jones delivers her pensive lyrics, as Spalding sings an amazing hook that ties together their perspectives.
“Loss On Repeat” is produced by emcee, DJ, producer & Berklee College of Music educator Raydar Ellis and also is the final release leading to her debut album Jones St., due out February 7th, 2012.
Check out “Loss On Repeat”
No it’s not Sunday and this isn’t a new clip (unless as we always talk about here if you’ve never seen it it’s new to you) but when you see/hear music and you happen to involve yourself with a movement (not just a blog, yeah I said it) called Grown Folks Music what do you do? Post. Plain and simple. Now could someone please remind me what all that hubbub was about concerning Esperanza Spalding and the Grammys back in February? Exactly. Popularity lasts for fifteen minutes, true artistry is eternal.
We have a very, very long way to go in this country on so many levels it is not even remotely funny. You would think that if someone who is doing something that is not predictable(and doing it masterful, mind you) that would be something that at the very least should and could be respected. But as is often the case, any opportunity for constructive discourse degenerates into the most inane, sophomoric banter that you will ever witness. This is further compounded by the fact that we are connected in a 24/365 web of realtime communication that in some ways weighs everyone’s words equally. That is a great and awful phenomenon all at once.
First and foremost congratulations to you Esperanza on your Grammy. I don’t want anything that I might posit in this post to overshadow that accomplishment. Well done, well-deserved and hopefully more people will become aware of your phenomenal talent. I remember when I first saw the video below a few years back… for a solid half hour I just kept repeating it. Of course this was after my other ritual which is when I hear something that really moves me I immediately turn it off and reflect on what just happened. (more…)
Great to see Esperanza receiving more ‘commercial’ attention. If you love what you hear, be sure to pick her her latest album, Chamber Music Society
It was very interesting to hear her thoughts about how she decided to become a musician. That being said, what are our kids seeing and basing their career aspirations on?
From Esperanza’s latest album Chamber Music Society out now! Enjoy!
In anticipation of the latest release Chamber Music Society from bassist, vocalist and composer Esperanza Spalding due out August 17th, you can sign up to receive a free MP3 from the album at Esperanza’s brand new site http://www.esperanzaspalding.com and clicking the “sign up” button (top right, after clicking through) – or clicking here. (more…)
