Current：Home > NewsThe Grammy nominee you need to hear: Esperanza Spalding -MoneyBase
The Grammy nominee you need to hear: Esperanza Spalding
View
Date：2025-04-11 18:18:48
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！ (531)
Related
- Selena Gomez's "Weird Uncles" Steve Martin and Martin Short React to Her Engagement
- 4 inmates escape from a Georgia detention center, including murder suspect
- Inside Jerusalem's Old City, an eerie quiet: Reporter's Notebook
- Israel accused of using controversial white phosphorus shells in Gaza amid war with Hamas
- US appeals court rejects Nasdaq’s diversity rules for company boards
- The origins of candy corn: A divisive delicacy, destined to be a Halloween tradition
- Major US pharmacy chain Rite Aid files for bankruptcy
- Cambodia opens a new airport to serve Angkor Wat as it seeks to boost tourist arrivals
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- Japan criticizes Russian ban on its seafood following the release of treated radioactive water
Ranking
- B.A. Parker is learning the banjo
- The Crown Unveils First Glimpse of Princes William and Harry in Final Season Photos
- A third-generation Israeli soldier has been missing for over a week. Her family can only wait.
- Pregnant Jana Kramer Hospitalized During Babymoon With Bacterial Infection in Her Kidneys
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- Banker who got into double trouble for claiming 2 meals on expenses loses UK lawsuit over firing
- Coast Guard opens formal inquiry into collapse of mast on Maine schooner that killed a passenger
- Boyfriend arrested after Northern California sheriff’s deputy found dead at her home
Recommendation
The Grammy nominee you need to hear: Esperanza Spalding
Louisiana couple gives birth to rare 'spontaneous' identical triplets
French authorities say school where teacher was fatally stabbed last week evacuated over bomb alert
American mother living in Israel says U.S. evacuation effort confusing amid Israel-Hamas war: It's a mess
Highlights from Trump’s interview with Time magazine
LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees
Under busy Florida street, a 19th-century boat discovered where once was water
AP PHOTOS: Scenes of pain and grief on war’s 10th day