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Hosts/nerds Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are your friendly music buddies with the week's best new music discoveries, including conversations with emerging artists, icons and more. Hear songs that can completely change your day, with humor, heart and (sometimes) a whole lot of noise. Directions for use: Morning commute, the gym, or alone time. (If rash persists, discontinue use.)

New Music Friday: The best releases out on May 27 May 27, 2022

The best albums out this week include Wilco's double-length Cruel Country , a debut from the singer UMI, the latest installment in Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge's Jazz Is Dead series and more. Featured Albums: 1. Jean Carne, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge — JID012 Featured Songs: "Black Love," "Visions" 2. Wilco — Cruel Country Featured Songs: "I Am My Mother," "The Plains," "A Lifetime To Find" 3. X Alfonso — Ancestros Sinfonicos Featured Song: "Yakuma Kareré" 4. UMI — Forest in the City Featuared Song: "what would u do?" 5. Nduduzo Makhathini — _In the Spirit of …

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Presenting 'Pop Culture Happy Hour': Kendrick Lamar's 'Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers' May 24, 2022
In this special episode from our friends at _Pop Culture Happy Hour_ , host Stephen Thompson talks with critics Christina Lee and Marcus J. Moore about Kendrick Lamar's new double album _Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers._ It's been five years since Lamar released his previous album, _DAMN_. Since then, …
New Music Friday: The best releases out on May 20 May 20, 2022
The best albums out this week include _Harry's House_ from Harry Styles, jazz pianist Joey Alexander's _Origin,_ new ones from R&B; singer Ravyn Lenae, rapper Boldy James, Porridge Radio and more. Featured Albums: 1\. Harry Styles — _Harry's House_ Featured Tracks: "Music for a Sushi Restaurant," "Grapejuice" 2\. Joey Alexander …
New Mix: Tiny Desk Contest winner Alisa Amador, SOAK, Jens Lekman, more May 17, 2022
_All Songs Considered_ 's Bob Boilen introduces this year's Tiny Desk Contest winner, Alisa Amador, plus new music from SOAK, the identical twins duo Companion, Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman and more. **Featured Artists And Songs:** 1\. Alisa Amador: "Milonga accidental" (Single) 2\. Jens Lekman: "The Linden Trees Are Still in …
New Music Friday: The best releases out on May 13 May 13, 2022
Kendrick Lamar's highly anticipated _Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers_, Leikeli47's _Shape Up_ , Florence + the Machine's _Dance Fever_ and more are on our shortlist of the week's best new albums. **Featured Albums:** 1\. Kendrick Lamar — _Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers_ 2\. Leikeli47 — _Shape Up_ Featured …
New Mix: Regina Spektor, Stella Donnelly, Tomberlin, More May 10, 2022
_All Songs Considered_ 's Bob Boilen shares the "most astonishing song" he's heard this year: Regina Spektor's "Up The Mountain," plus Stella Donnelly's "Lungs," the many colors of MABUTA and more. Featured Songs And Artists: 1\. Regina Spektor: "Up The Mountain," from _Home, before and after_ 2\. Rachel Bobbitt: "More" …
A conversation with Bonnie Raitt May 8, 2022
Jewly Hight from member station WNXP talks with Bonnie Raitt about the folk- and-blues legend's new album _Just Like That..._ and how she's navigated five decades of storied music-making.
New Music Friday: The best releases out on May 6 May 6, 2022
NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include Sharon Van Etten's _We've Been Going About This All Wrong_ , Jack Harlow's _Come Home The Kids Miss You_ , Arcade Fire's _WE_ and more. **Featured Albums:** 1\. Jack Harlow — _Come Home The Kids Miss You_ Featured Tracks: …
The Best Music of April May 2, 2022
April brought us albums from a re-energized Pusha T, reggae legend Horace Andy, Myra Melford's improvised suite, Syd's broken-hearted R&B; ballads and Straw Man Army's paranoid-but-expansive post-punk. Featured Albums: 1\. Horace Andy: "Watch Over Them" from _Midnight Rocker_ 2\. Pusha T: "Dreamin of the Past" from _It's Almost Dry_ 3\. …
New Music Friday: The best releases out on April 29 April 29, 2022
The week's best new albums include Toro y Moi's spectacular _MAHAL_ , hard- hitting rap from the New Jersey hip-hop duo Dälek's _Precipice_ , R&B; singer Kehlani's _blue water road_ and more. **Featured Albums:** 1\. Toro y Moi — _MAHAL_ Featured Tracks: "Magazine," "The Medium" 2\. Girlpool — _Forgiveness_ Featured …
New Mix: Phoebe Bridgers, Wilco, Quinn Christopherson, more April 26, 2022
_All Songs Considered_ 's Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks of the week, including a live recording for the 20th anniversary of Wilco's _Yankee Hotel Foxtrot_ , a new single from Phoebe Bridgers and more. Featured Tracks And Artists: 1\. Lizzy McAlpine: "weird (ft. Laura Elliot)," from _five seconds …
New Music Friday: The best releases out on April 22 April 22, 2022
The best albums out this week include _It's Almost Dry_ from Pusha T, space rock from Spiritualized, a gorgeous ambient record from OHYUNG, a rediscovered Charles Mingus live recording and more. **Featured Albums:** 1\. Pusha T — _It's Almost Dry_ Featured Tracks "Let the Smokers Shine the Coupes," "Dreaming of …
New Mix: Pink Floyd, Patrick Watson, Sonny Singh, more April 19, 2022
_All Songs Considered_ 's Bob Boilen shares his favorite tracks of the week, including a surprise return from Pink Floyd and uplifting songs from Sonny Singh, Patrick Watson and more. **Featured Tracks And Artists:** 1\. Pink Floyd: "Hey, Hey, Rise Up (featuring Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Boombox)" (Single) 2\. Sonny Singh: …
New Music Friday: The Top 5 albums out on April 15 April 15, 2022
NPR Music picks the best new albums out this week, including new releases by Kaitlin Butts, Samora Pinderhughes, Mal Blum and more. Featured Albums: 1\. Kaitlin Butts — w _hat else can she do_ Featured Song: "it won't always be this way" 2\. Samora Pinderhughes — _GRIEF_ Featured Song: "Masculinity" …
New Mix: Joan Shelley, Craig Finn, Florist, more April 12, 2022
_All Songs Considered_ 's Bob Boilen shares his favorite tracks of the week, including new ones from singer Joan Shelley, Florist, The Hold Steady's Craig Finn and more. **Featured Artists And Songs:** 1\. Florist: "Red Bird Pt. 2 (Morning)," from _Florist_ 2\. Joan Shelley: "The Spur," from _The Spur_ 3\. …
New Music Friday: The best releases out on April 8 April 8, 2022
It's a crazy-packed release day with new albums from Camila Cabello, Omar Apollo, an all-star collaboration with Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., Girl Talk and Smoke DZA, Syd's _Broken Hearts Club_ and more. **Featured Albums:** 1\. Omar Apollo — _Ivory_ Featured Songs: "Talk," "En El Ovido" 2\. Syd — _Broken Hearts …
The Best Music of March April 4, 2022
March's best new music includes Kilo Kish's pop treatise on this game called life, Jenny Hval's philosophy on art-making, Soul Glo's sledgehammer punk and more.
New Music Friday: The top 5 albums out on April 1 April 1, 2022
NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include new ones from the Bronx rapper T-Shyne, Sondre Lerche, the Canadian pop singer known as LIGHTS and more. **Featured Albums:** 1\. T-Shyne — _Confetti Nights_ Featured Track: "Feed the Fam" 2\. Pillow Queens — _Leave the Light On_ Featured …
Records That Changed Our Lives: Finding hope in Tracy Chapman and 'Brand New Eyes' March 30, 2022
What record changed your life? NPR Music's Turning the Tables, which challenges sexism in the pop music canon, asked writers that question.
New Mix: Angel Olsen, Perfume Genius, Soccer Mommy, more March 29, 2022
_All Songs_ host Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks of the week, including songs of love from Angel Olsen and Soccer Mommy, a new one from the upcoming Perfume Genius album _Ugly Season_ and more. **Featured Songs And Artists:** 1\. Perfume Genius: "Pop Song," from _Ugly Season_ 2\. Zola …