Esperanza Spalding to Record "Radio Music Society" in May

Sunday February 27, 2011

From Billboard

Esperanza Spalding to Record “Radio Music Society” in May
By: Gary Graff

Still “as surprised as you can be” by her Best New Artist win at this year’s Grammy Awards, Esperanza Spalding has already scoped out her next two album projects — even as she tours to promote 2010’s “Chamber Music Society.”

Spalding tells Billboard.com that she’ll hit the studio during May to record “Radio Music Society,” a “more upbeat and more sort of energetic” set that was conceived at the same time as “Chamber Music Society.” “Originally I planned to release a double record, but that didn’t work. The two (approaches) really couldn’t be reconciled,” Spalding explains. “So it became two different records. I just decided I wanted to do ‘Chamber Music’ first and then focus on ‘Radio Music.’ “

Spalding says she’s “really excited” to get cracking on “Radio Music,” which will combine her original compositions with covers of songs by the Beach Boys and Wayne Shorter — although she doesn’t want to identify those yet, nor is she naming the musicians who will be playing on the album because “we haven’t signed anything.” After “Radio Music Society,” Spalding intends to collaborate on an album with Milton Nascimento, the Brazilian guitarist with whom she’s recently “gotten closer to.”

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