Yup, my reaction too. Esparanza Who?

But then I have not listened much to Bieber, found Florence + The Machine only a week or so ago, never heard of Mumford & Son ... so who am I to say?

That she's good though is, if the above links and the following article (from Huffington Post) is any indication, self evident.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/14/esperanza-spalding-grammy-best-new-artist_n_822741.html


Where I am puzzled is how can she be the best new artist as she's been doing this now for 6 years, and has 8 CDs to her credit (admittedly the first few, as noted by the article, probably should not count)



If writing ever becomes work I think I'm going to have to stop