Spalding's springing Emily's D+Evolution, her new persona

Oh, Esperanza, how you slay us so. It’s not simply the inviting defiance of that gargantuan Afro or the cool gentility of her overall manner, mired in the pure, unmistakable genius revealed via her melodic travails. Must be all of those things—and still more: That’s why heads are...

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