Esperanza Spalding

Montreal Jazz Festival Details 2025 Lineup with Nas, Ayra Starr, Thundercat

PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2025

Now in its 45th year, the Montreal Jazz Festival has shared the details of its 2025 edition, running from June 26 to July 5. The festival...

Newport Jazz Festival Taps Janelle Monáe, the Roots, Jacob Collier for 2025 Edition

PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2025

Newport Jazz Festival is back for its 71st iteration, and is set to return to Fort Adams State Park in Newport, RI, from August 1–3 ...

The Sound of November 2021: This Month's Essential Listening

PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2021

If the winter blues haven't set in yet, they surely will by the time November is over. As we all dig into our trove of self-soothing tools,...

Exclaim!'s Top 15 Soul and R&B Albums

Best of 2016

PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2016

Our Best of 2016 albums lists by genre continue today with our staff picks for the 15 best soul and R&B albums this year.   Click next to r...

Esperanza Spalding

Emily's D+Evolution

PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2016

On her fifth solo album, Esperanza Spalding asks, what if her younger self had not gone on to pursue jazz greatness and instead embraced he...