Current:Home > MarketsThe Grammy nominee you need to hear: Esperanza Spalding -WealthRise Academy
The Grammy nominee you need to hear: Esperanza Spalding
View
Date:2025-04-12 03:05:41
How do you bring the African Diaspora to the Grammys?
Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento's contrasting tones make a perfect team on Milton + esperanza, a collection of covers, duets, and original songs that have earned the pair a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Today, Brittany and Esperanza get into the years-long intergenerational friendship behind the music, and the Brazilian influences on the album.
Support public media and receive ad-free listening & bonus. Join NPR+ today.
veryGood! (4761)
Related
- Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
- Georgia lawmakers seek answers to deaths and violence plaguing the state’s prisons
- Call it the 'Swift'-sonian: Free Taylor Swift fashion exhibit on display in London
- US Open Day 3 highlights: Coco Gauff cruises, but title defense is about to get tougher
- $73.5M beach replenishment project starts in January at Jersey Shore
- Michael Bolton's nephew on emotional 'Claim to Fame' win: 'Everything was shaking'
- Biden Administration Backs Plastic as Coal Replacement to Make Steel. One Critic Asks: ‘Have They Lost Their Minds?’
- California advances landmark legislation to regulate large AI models
- Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go
- Children’s book to blame for fire inside car, North Carolina officials say
Ranking
- Spooky or not? Some Choa Chu Kang residents say community garden resembles cemetery
- Boar’s Head plant linked to deadly outbreak broke food safety rules dozens of times, records show
- Team USA men's wheelchair basketball opens 2024 Paralympics with win vs. Spain
- Kelly Ripa Reveals the Bedtime Activity Ruining Her and Mark Consuelos' Relationship
- Meet the volunteers risking their lives to deliver Christmas gifts to children in Haiti
- Paralympics TikTok account might seem like cruel joke, except to athletes
- Jack Del Rio, former NFL head coach, hired by Wisconsin's Luke Fickell
- Apple announces date for 2024 event: iPhone 16, new Watches and more expected to be unveiled
Recommendation
Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
Giants rookie Malik Nabers gets permission to wear Ray Flaherty's No. 1, retired since 1935
Man whose escape from Kansas prison was featured in book, TV movie dies behind bars
How to get rid of body odor, according to medical experts
Trump's 'stop
Hailey Bieber and Justin Bieber’s Pal Adwoa Aboah Reveals Baby Jack’s True Birth Date
Freeform's 31 Nights of Halloween Promises to Be a Hauntingly Good Time
Ballot measures in 41 states give voters a say on abortion and other tough questions