When Esperanza Spalding first embarked on The Songwrights Apothecary Lab, a new project exploring how musicians can apply music therapy to their art, she had no idea just how urgent it would become to ...

This image is from the official music video for "Formwela 10," owned by Concord Records. Why do we listen to music? Is it purely for entertainment, or to provide a background soundtrack for moments in ...

Esperanza Spalding has announced a new album. Songwrights Apothecary Lab is out September 24 via Concord. The LP includes 12 pieces of music, created and recorded over the past several months in ...

Jazz bassist, vocalist, and composer Esperanza Spalding has announced a new album, Songwrights Apothecary Lab, due September 24 via Concord Records (pre-order). Here’s some background on the album, ...

Music as medicine is an old notion, but few artists are trying harder than the multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer Esperanza Spalding to find its curative properties. The jazz fusionist has ...