Sep 5, 2026
“Music is ritual. The voice is the first instrument and everything is a derivative of that.” — Cassandra Wilson | Quote of the Day
Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy-winning jazz vocalist from Jackson, Mississippi whom Time once called “America’s best singer,” on music as ritual and the human voice as the first instrument — a final gift from the artist who died at home on September 1, 2026, at the age of 70, as the world returned to her records and to this quietly radical idea at the heart of everything she sang.