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MP3 At 3PM: Esperanza Spalding

On July 5, StormVox Records is releasing A Tribute To Billie Holiday, which features actress Angela Bassett reading from Holiday’s autobiography as well as covers by the likes of Esperanza Spalding, Shelby Lynne, Rickie Lee Jones and Frida Payne. StormVox is the label owned by actor Peter Stormare (the really bad dude in Fargo), and he has this to say about Holiday: “I discovered [her] through my mother, who recommended the autobiography Lady Sings The Blues by Billie Holiday. From the moment I opened the book, my life was never the same again … Billie’s blunt words cut like knives, opening my eyes to her struggles but also opening my soul to something bigger.” Amen, brother. Download Spalding’s take on “I’ll Look Around” below.

“I’ll Look Around” (download):