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And The GRAMMY Went To … Esperanza Spalding Album: Radio Music Society Artist: Esperanza Spalding Won for: Best Jazz Vocal Album Previous wins: Spalding has one prior GRAMMY win Did you know?: In addition to Best Jazz Vocal Album, Spalding picked up Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) honors for “City Of Roses” with her mentor, trumpeter Thara Memory, at the 55th GRAMMYs. The song, which is a tribute to Spalding and Memory’s hometown, Portland, Ore., is featured on Spalding’s Top 10 album, 2012’s Radio Music Society. The album was co-produced by Dan Hallas, Zulema Mejias, Q-Tip, and Spalding and features collaborations with Joe Lovano and Lalah Hathaway, among others. The DVD edition of Radio Music Society was nominated for Best Long Form Music Video. Spalding was voted Best New Artist at the 53rd GRAMMY Awards. Spalding will kick off a world tour on March 13 in Singapore with dates scheduled through August.
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And The GRAMMY Went To … Esperanza Spalding

Album: Radio Music Society

Artist: Esperanza Spalding

Won for: Best Jazz Vocal Album

Previous wins: Spalding has one prior GRAMMY win

Did you know?: In addition to Best Jazz Vocal Album, Spalding picked up Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) honors for “City Of Roses” with her mentor, trumpeter Thara Memory, at the 55th GRAMMYs. The song, which is a tribute to Spalding and Memory’s hometown, Portland, Ore., is featured on Spalding’s Top 10 album, 2012’s Radio Music Society. The album was co-produced by Dan Hallas, Zulema Mejias, Q-Tip, and Spalding and features collaborations with Joe Lovano and Lalah Hathaway, among others. The DVD edition of Radio Music Society was nominated for Best Long Form Music Video. Spalding was voted Best New Artist at the 53rd GRAMMY Awards. Spalding will kick off a world tour on March 13 in Singapore with dates scheduled through August.

Indie rock quartet the Good Rebels recently performed a cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Cecilia” for an installment of The Recording Academy’s ReImagined series. Linking GRAMMY history with current music makers, ReImagined is a performance-based series featuring artists interpreting an iconic GRAMMY-winning song, an interview and performances of original music. “Cecilia” is featured on Simon & Garfunkel’s 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water, which garnered GRAMMYs for Album and Record Of The Year. In addition to their adaptation of “Cecilia,” the Good Rebels performed two original songs, “I’m Wired” and “Young Fun.” WATCH.
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Indie rock quartet the Good Rebels recently performed a cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Cecilia” for an installment of The Recording Academy’s ReImagined series. Linking GRAMMY history with current music makers, ReImagined is a performance-based series featuring artists interpreting an iconic GRAMMY-winning song, an interview and performances of original music.

“Cecilia” is featured on Simon & Garfunkel’s 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water, which garnered GRAMMYs for Album and Record Of The Year. In addition to their adaptation of “Cecilia,” the Good Rebels performed two original songs, “I’m Wired” and “Young Fun.”

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