Radio Music Society is the studio album by Esperanza Spalding released today - and who is best known as a jazz bassist and singer. In February 2011, at the 53rd Grammy Awards, Spalding won the "Best New Artist" award, making her the first jazz artist to win the award. By the time Spalding was five years old, she had taught herself to play the violin and was playing with the Chamber Music Society of Oregon until the age of fifteen, and left as concertmaster.
Spalding appeared on the “Late Show with David Letterman" last night along with the First Lady Michelle Obama. The visual companion for her new single "Radio Song" has also been released and the narrative clip hints at the healing power of radio music and its ability to combat daily stress.
Watch the music video after the break....
Esperanza explains the video...."This song speaks to an experience we've all had at one time or another: when for whatever reason, you turn on the radio and a fragment of a song just grabs you, everything in the world seems to stop, and you sit mesmerized and uplifted by the music. That moment of "being touched" from the radio is a testament to the power of song, and it's at that magical moment when an artist - even someone we know nothing about - truly connects with their equally unknown listener."
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