New York Times’ Style magazine is putting a spotlight on Solange and other singers, including Esperanza Spalding, Corinne Bailey Rae and Les Nubians, for it’s “Nightie Aphrodites” fashion feature. Showing off “how to pair Afros with evening gowns,” the ladies look seductive and sweet in the black-and-white shoot. Solange Makes 6-Year-Old Son Her Date For […]
Janelle Monae, Esperanza Spalding, Kanye West & M.I.A. appear in W Magazine's July 2011 issue. They were photographed with the fashion designer they inspire most.
Esperanza Spalding is featured in the May 2011 issue of InStyle magazine. The bass-playing jazz singer who rightfully won the Best New Artist Grammy Award this year (instead of Justin Bieber), wears neon looks from Michael Kors, Prada and Jil Sander. If you still don’t know who she is, get familiar: Who Is Esperanza Spalding? […]
Last night while Charlie Sheen was putting on quite a display of crazy on CNN, ?uestlove announced via Twitter the rather eclectic line-up for the 4th Annual Roots Picnic in Philadelphia. This year the Philadelphia hip-hop heroes will share the stage with The Grammy’s pick for Best New Artist, Esperanza Spalding, Wiz Khalifa, and Mr. […]
Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding is at work on the follow-up to her 2010 album, Chamber Music Society, with none other than A Tribe Called Quest‘s Q-Tip in the producer’s chair. Q-Tip confirmed his involvement with Spalding’s project in December 2010 via Twitter.
In the one true surprise at last night’s Grammy Awards, jazz singer and bassist Esperanza Spalding took home the award for Best New Artist, beating out Justin Bieber, Drake, Florence & The Machine, and Mumford & Sons. But who is she and where did she come from?
