NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include veteran folksinger Beth Orton, Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré and more. *Featured Albums: * 1. Peter Matthew Bauer — Flowers Featured Songs: "Chiyoda, Arkansas, Manila," "Flowers" 2. Beth Orton — Weather Alive Featured Songs: "Lonely," "Fractals" 3. Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin — Ali Featured Songs: "Mahine Me," "Savanne" 4. Caroline Shaw & Attacca Quartet — Evergreen _ Featured Songs: "Other Song," "The Evergreen Stem" 5. Makaya McCraven — _In These Times Featured Songs: "Dream Another," "The Title" *Lightning Round: * The Comet Is Coming — Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam …
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From our friends at Alt.Latino, Anamaria Sayre sits down with Spanish superstar Rosalía, who just earned eight Latin Grammy nominations, to talk about her musical inspirations, divine sensuality and constant pull to transform.
_All Songs Considered_ host Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks of the week, including the return of Beth Orton, a solo debut from Okkervil River's Will Sheff, Miya Folick and more. **Featured songs and artists:** 1\. Courtney Marie Andrews: "These Are The Good Old Days," from _Loose Future_ 2\. …
NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include new ones from the superstar K-pop group BLACKPINK, dance-pop star Rina Sawayama, Quinn Christopherson and more.
From our friends at NPR's _Alt.Latino_ , Anamaria Sayre sits down with R&B; darling Omar Apollo to talk about his experiences growing up in Indiana and becoming a role model for queer Latinx kids.
_All Songs Considered_ host Bob Boilen returns with some of his favorite tracks of the week, including new ones from the groundbreaking reggae artist Horace Andy, singer-songwriter Anna Tivel and more. **Featured Songs And Artists** : 1\. Horace Andy: "Feverish," from _Midnight Scorchers_ 2\. The Comet is Coming: "TECHNICOLOUR," from …
NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include genre-straddling polymaths Santigold and Sudan Archives, R&B; sensation Ari Lennox and more.
A massive new collection of more than 240 songs and spoken word recordings — all about birds — features work from Andrew Bird, Kamasi Washington, Laurie Anderson, Alice Coltrane, Cassandra Jenkins, Yo-Yo Ma, Beck and more.
NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include rapper Psalm One, the veteran metal band Megadeth, English singer Yungblud and more.
Punches flew from the Mountain Goats, Roc Marciano and The Alchemist teamed up, Tomu DJ took unexpected turns, Julia Jacklin looked deep within, Eli Winter opened up and Tommy McLain returned. Featured Tracks and Artists: 1\. The Mountain Goats: "Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome" from _Bleed Out_ 2\. Roc …
NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include LPs by rapper J.I.D and singer Stella Donnelly, an ambitious Blondie box set, and more.
NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include new ones from Hot Chip, the R&B; singer Tink, Shemekia Copeland, singer-songwriter Anna Tivel and more. **Featured Albums** : 1\. Hot Chip — _Freakout/Release_ Featured Songs: "Down," "Freakout/Release," "Miss the Bliss," "The Evil That Men Do" 2\. Terence Etc. …
The best new albums out this week include _Cheat Codes_ from Danger Mouse and Black Thought, a stunning debut from singer and TikTok phenom Bella Poarch, Hudson Mohawke's _Cry Sugar_ and more. **Featured Albums:** 1\. Danger Mouse & Black Thought — _Cheat Codes_ Featured Songs: "Strangers," "Aquamarine" 2\. Bella Poarch …
_All Songs Considered_ 's __ Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks of the week, including a new project from Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield and Jess Williamson, a Vieux Farka Touré--Khruangbin collaboration and more. **Featured Songs And Artists:** 1\. Plains: "Problem With It," from _I Walked With You A Ways_ 2\. …
NPR Music's picks for the best releases out this week include a potent new EP from the rapper Doechii, hyper-pop from Pussy Riot, roots salsa from Colombia's Meridian Brothers and more. Featured Albums: 1\. Doechii — _she / her / black bitch_ Featured Tracks: "Bitches Be," "Swamp Bitches," "Persuasive" 2\. …
Maggie Rogers leveled up and Beyoncé dropped another album we'll think about all year. But Johnny Gandelsman also took us across America, Bear1Boss super- smashed rap and Caterina Barbieri found immanence in synths. **Featured Tracks and Artists** : 1\. Maggie Rogers: "Shatter" from _Surrender_ 2\. Beyoncé: "PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA" …
Beyoncé's _Renaissance_ isn't the only big release out now. NPR Music's other picks for the week's best new albums include Maggie Rogers' _Surrender_ , the debut from DOMI & JD Beck and more. **Featured Albums:** 1\. Beyoncé — _Renaissance_ Featured Tracks: "PURE/HONEY" 2\. Maggie Rogers — _Surrender_ Featured Tracks: "Want …
Due out this Friday, July 29, Beyoncé's _Act I Renaissance_ has generated a massive wave of anticipation. In this round-table discussion, we breakdown why we're excited, why it matters and what we might expect.
NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include new ones from Flo Milli, Jack White, Rico Nasty, Joey Bada$$, The Sea And Cake's Sam Prekop and John McEntire, and more. **Featured Albums** : 1\. Flo Milli — _You Still Here, Ho?_ Featured Tracks: "Conceited," "Pay Day," "On …
_All Songs Considered_ 's Bob Boilen shares his favorite tracks of the week, including new ones from The 1975, Tiny Desk Contest contestant Danielle Ponder, The Black Angels and more. **Featured Songs And Artists** : 1\. Madi Diaz: "Hangover" (Single) 2\. Danielle Ponder: "So Long," from _Some of Us Are …