Current:Home > NewsThe Grammy nominee you need to hear: Esperanza Spalding -Capitatum
The Grammy nominee you need to hear: Esperanza Spalding
Ethermac View
Date:2025-04-06 07:37:09
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! (82241)
Related
- Costco membership growth 'robust,' even amid fee increase: What to know about earnings release
- 'Ernie Hudson doesn't age': Fans gush over 78-year-old 'Ghostbusters' star
- Massachusetts joins with NCAA, sports teams to tackle gambling among young people
- Video shows first Neuralink brain chip patient playing chess by moving cursor with thoughts
- Why Sean "Diddy" Combs Is Being Given a Laptop in Jail Amid Witness Intimidation Fears
- Black voters and organizers in battleground states say they're anxious about enthusiasm for Biden
- It's Dodgers vs. Cardinals on MLB Opening Day. LA is 'obsessed' with winning World Series.
- House Oversight chairman invites Biden to testify as GOP impeachment inquiry stalls
- USA women's basketball live updates at Olympics: Start time vs Nigeria, how to watch
- Caitlin Clark to the Olympics? USA Basketball names her to training camp roster
Ranking
- Family of explorer who died in the Titan sub implosion seeks $50M-plus in wrongful death lawsuit
- Are these killer whales actually two separate species? New research calls for distinction
- Ex-Caltrain employee and contractor charged with building secret homes with public funds
- 'Is it Cake?' Season 3: Cast, host, judges, release date, where to watch new episodes
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve shows price pressures easing gradually
- Daphne Joy, ex-girlfriend of 50 Cent, denies working for Diddy as sex worker after lawsuit
- As homeless crisis grows, states and cities are turning to voters for affordable housing
Recommendation
Sonya Massey's family keeps eyes on 'full justice' one month after shooting
2024 MLB Opening Day: Brilliant sights and sounds as baseball celebrates new season
The Bachelor's Kelsey Anderson Explains How That Limo Moment Went Down
'He's going to do great here': New Orioles ace Corbin Burnes dominates Angels on Opening Day
Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
'Cowboy Carter' includes a 'Jolene' cover, but Beyoncé brings added ferocity to the lryics
Tennis great Roger Federer to deliver Dartmouth’s commencement address
Biden says he’s working to secure release of Wall Street Journal reporter held for a year in Russia