Esperanza Spalding

The third installment of Robert Glasper’s ‘Black Radio’ series arrives in February, almost exactly 10 years after the first.

From Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders and Nala Sinephro’s ambient jazz excursions, to Sons of Kemet and Damon Locks’ Afrobeat-infused compositions, to Emma-Jean Thackray’s electro-funk-psych-jazz opus, here are some the jazz albums that stood out to us most this year…

Former US president and hip music tastemaker Barack Obama’s picks also include Courtney Barnett, Wye Oak, Little Simz, Mdou Moctar, Adia Victoria, Esperanza Spalding, Brandi Carlile, and more…

This week’s playlist includes new music by Turnstile, Hand Habits, Baby Keem ft. Kendrick Lamar, Madi Diaz, Irreversible Entanglements, and more.

Esperanza Spalding had been releasing new songs (or, ”Formwelas”) all year, and now she announced a new album, featuring the six previously released songs and six new ones…

Listen to new songs from RZA, EST Gee, Sincere Engineer, DaBaby, Coi Leray, Between The Buried and Me, Caleb Giles, Cakes Da Killa, The Vaccines, and more.

Listen to new songs by Modest Mouse, Kamasi Washington, MIKE, Serj Tankian, Skepta/Pop Smoke/A$AP Rocky, Lukah, Twin Shadow, Esperanza Spalding, Information_Age (mem Pallbearer, Pinkish Black) and more…

Listen to new songs by Haviah Mighty, Kylie Minogue (Lady Gaga cover), Saint jHN/SZA, CupcakKe, H.E.R., Growing Fins, Newgrounds Death Rugby, Wiki, War Criminal, Valerie June (Little Dragon remix), Esperanza Spalding, Liminanas/Laurent Garnier, and more…

plus Jeff Rosenstock, Soccer Mommy, Yves Tumor, Margo Price, Charly Bliss, Andrew Bird, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.

So far winners include the late Nipsey Hussle, Vampire Weekend, Tool, Lizzo, Anderson .Paak, Rosalia, Tanya Tucker, Tyler the Creator, Koffee, Lil Nas X, Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, and more…