Alt.Latino: New Music Roundup
12 Feb 2025
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'Alt.Latino' hosts Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre are back with six new songs that span the spec...
The Contenders, Vol. 4: The songs we can't stop playing this week
11 Feb 2025
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The latest update to our running list of the year's best songs includes the shredded guitars of girl...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Feb. 7
07 Feb 2025
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Sharon Van Etten headlines this week's new releases, but she's just the tip of the proverbial iceber...
Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Jessie Reyez, Arturo O'Farrill and Astropical
05 Feb 2025
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This week, we hear from a Colombian-Venezuelan super group, a new Afro-Brazilian band, and Ana gets ...
Lesser-known love songs
04 Feb 2025
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Making a playlist or mixtape for that special someone? We've got you covered this Valentine's Day wi...
2025 Grammys Recap
03 Feb 2025
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We break down the winners, surprise shutouts and more from what's billed as "music's biggest night,"...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Jan. 31
31 Jan 2025
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The Weeknd may be the biggest release of the week, but is it the best? We run down five other albums...
Alt.Latino: Why we love Joaquina. Plus, Felix is chismeless
29 Jan 2025
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Do not come on Alt.Latino if you don't have good chisme! Ana and Felix talk about their favorite son...
The Contenders, Vol. 3: The songs we can't stop playing this week
28 Jan 2025
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We update our list of the year's best songs with a Tamino-Mitski collaboration, Son Lux's first new ...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Jan. 24
24 Jan 2025
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FKA twigs. Central Cee. It's a big week for new releases, and we've got you covered. Host Stephen Th...
Alt.Latino: New songs for New Year's resolutions
22 Jan 2025
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Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras share their goals for 2025 and the new songs that reflect them.Le...
2025's most-anticipated albums
21 Jan 2025
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We highlight some of the most anticipated albums of the year, including upcoming ones from Perfume G...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Jan. 17
17 Jan 2025
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NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes aboard Kara Manning of New York City public radio station WFUV...
A moment for Los Angeles
15 Jan 2025
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Los Angeles is home for me and always in my heart. Watching the fires from afar in my current city, ...
The Contenders, Vol. 2: The songs we can't stop playing this week
14 Jan 2025
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Japanese Breakfast (Michelle Zauner) is back with her first new album since her memoir, Crying in H ...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Jan. 10
10 Jan 2025
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NPR Music's Stephen Thompson is joined by KCRW's Travis Holcombe to run down their four favorite alb...
Bad Bunny's 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos,' Explained
08 Jan 2025
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Alt.Latino hosts Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras, and NPR reporter Isabella Gomez Sarmiento break...
The Contenders, Vol. 1: The songs we can't stop playing this week
07 Jan 2025
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A new year means a new running list of our favorite songs, from the transfixing voice of Anna B Sava...
New Music Friday: The best albums you missed from December
03 Jan 2025
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There's been some great music released since the last New Music Friday episode in late November. So,...
Viking's Choice: The year in catharsis and calm
31 Dec 2024
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NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich turns us on to lesser known corners of music from 2024: blooming dro...
Songs that hit hard in 2024
24 Dec 2024
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We asked listeners to tell us about the one song they couldn't stop listening to in 2024 because of ...
Secret Santa Song Exchange
20 Dec 2024
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When it comes to music, December is overflowing with gifts, but we aren't quite done with the presen...
Alt.Latino's 'Music We Missed In 2024'
18 Dec 2024
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'Alt.Latino' hosts Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre do their best to keep up with new releases, bu...
A very tolerable Christmas, with All Songs Considered 2024
17 Dec 2024
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Our annual attempt to throw a holiday party for the ages continues with a tolerable mix of songs for...
Hip-hop in 2024 was on a wild ride
13 Dec 2024
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Record-breaking mainstream hits. A new generation of artists rising to seize their moment. Rappers i...
Alt.Latino's favorite songs of 2024
11 Dec 2024
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Felix Contreras, Anamaria Sayre and Isabella Gomez Sarmiento run through their favorites in a crowde...
The Best Songs of 2024
10 Dec 2024
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Our special coverage of the year in music continues with a look at the best songs of 2024, featuring...
The Best Albums of 2024, Part 2
06 Dec 2024
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Our look back at the best albums of 2024 continues, with Tyler, The Creator, Cassandra Jenkins, The ...
Alt.Latino's favorite albums of 2024
04 Dec 2024
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It's that time of the year — figuring out the best Latin music of 2024. And every year, it gets ha...
The Best Albums of 2024, Part 1
03 Dec 2024
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Our annual look back at the year in music begins with the first of a two-part episode highlighting t...
As the Latin Grammys turns 25, how much has Latin music changed? (Part 2)
27 Nov 2024
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Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre continue their discussion on the 25th anniversary of the Latin Gr...
A Thanksgiving mix: Songs of joy and gratitude
26 Nov 2024
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Hosts Robin Hilton and Stephen Thompson share stories and songs of gratitude from NPR listeners.Feat...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Nov. 22
22 Nov 2024
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NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Ann Powers are your guides to the last big Friday of 2024. Plus a ...
As the Latin Grammys turns 25, how much has Latin music changed? (Part 1)
20 Nov 2024
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The Latin Grammys recently marked its 25th anniversary. Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre was in Miami to ...
The Contenders, Vol. 21: The songs we can't stop playing this week
19 Nov 2024
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In the final update to our running list of the year's best songs, we've got the cathartic rock of Ka...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Nov. 15
15 Nov 2024
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NPR Music's Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen are your guides to the most compelling releases out on ...
Alt.Latino's New Music Roundup
13 Nov 2024
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Alt.Latino hosts Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre recorded their latest new music guide on the str...
The Contenders, Vol. 20: The songs we can't stop playing this week
12 Nov 2024
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We update our running list of the year's best songs with more calming sounds from Sigur Rós frontma...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Nov. 8
08 Nov 2024
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NPR Music's Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen are your guides to the most compelling albums released ...
Alt.Latino's Spain Soundtrack
06 Nov 2024
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Alt.Latino hosts Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre are in Spain for a music conference. On this epi...
More songs to calm the nerves
03 Nov 2024
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In our second installment of blood-slowing songs we take a deep breath and let it out with the music...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Nov. 1
01 Nov 2024
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NPR Music's Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen are your guides to the most compelling new releases of ...
How hip-hop reached global domination
29 Oct 2024
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Over half a century, hip-hop has grown into a globally dominant musical and cultural force while rem...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 25
25 Oct 2024
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NPR Music's Ann Powers and Hazel Cills are your guides to the week's most compelling new releases. F...
Alt.Latino's new music round-up: Elsa y Elmar, Alih Jey and Little Jesus
23 Oct 2024
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Anamaria Sayre brings some exciting new sounds coming out Mexico City (while recording from Mexico C...
The Contenders, Vol. 19: The songs we can't stop playing this week
22 Oct 2024
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We debate the pros and cons of small-town living through the music of Christian Lee Hutson, Youth La...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 18
18 Oct 2024
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NPR Music's Ann Powers and Sheldon Pearce are your guides to this week's most compelling new musical...
Celebrating the legacy of Celia Cruz
16 Oct 2024
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To celebrate the release of a new book from NPR Music, How Women Made Music, as well as the 50th ann...
The most terrifying film scores of all time
15 Oct 2024
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We celebrate spooky season with an unnerving mix of songs from our favorite horror movie scores, inc...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 11
11 Oct 2024
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The rapper-turned-country star Jelly Roll, who has had a major breakthrough in Nashville in the last...
Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Rosalía, Twanguero and Wyatt Flores
09 Oct 2024
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Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre are back with a new music show, featuring Rosalía, Helado Negro,...
The Contenders, Vol. 18: The songs we can't stop playing this week
08 Oct 2024
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Reflections on regret from beabadoobee and Bon Iver, deep sonic meditations from Nala Sinephro and J...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 4
04 Oct 2024
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NPR Music's Lars Gotrich and Sheldon Pearce round up the most exciting albums out this Friday, and r...
The songs we can't stop playing on repeat
02 Oct 2024
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Alt.Latino is usually all about sharing new music across Latin America, but what about the older cut...
'How Women Made Music'
01 Oct 2024
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How Women Made Music, a new book out now from NPR, considers what the canon of popular music would l...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Sept. 27
27 Sep 2024
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As NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Ann Powers discuss on this week's episode, there's a thread of ...
Alt.Latino talks all the surprise nominations for the 2024 Latin Grammys
25 Sep 2024
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Wait a minute — does Alt.Latino actually agree with a lot of the Latin Recording Academy's nominat...
The Contenders, Vol. 17: The songs we can't stop playing this week
24 Sep 2024
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We update our running list of the year's best songs with a slice of pop perfection from Oso Oso, har...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Sept. 20
20 Sep 2024
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NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Lars Gotrich provide a guide the most exciting new releases out to...
Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Manu Chao, Linda Diaz and Solo Fernández
18 Sep 2024
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This week on Alt.Latino, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras talk about an exciting new album from Ma...
Arcade Fire's 'Funeral' at 20
17 Sep 2024
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We look back at Arcade Fire's monumental debut album, why it was so special, the ways it changed the...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Sept. 13
13 Sep 2024
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NPR Music's Ann Powers and Hazel Cills are your guides to the best music out this Friday, Sept. 13, ...
Alt.Latino's 'El Tiny' takeover is back — and this year it's all about love
11 Sep 2024
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'El Tiny' season at the Tiny Desk launches next week and this year it's all about love — familial ...
The Contenders, Vol. 16: The songs we can't stop playing this week
10 Sep 2024
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We update our running list of the year's best songs with the shapeshifting rock of Caleb Landry Jone...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Sept. 6
06 Sep 2024
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NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Ann Powers take you on a tour of the most exciting albums out Frid...
New music from Alt.Latino
04 Sep 2024
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Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras play some of their favorite new songs from the last few months, f...
Fall preview 2024
03 Sep 2024
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We look ahead to the final big push of releases for 2024, with fall albums from Mount Eerie, SOPHIE,...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Aug. 30
30 Aug 2024
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The best albums out this week include Wild God from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Doechii's Alligator B...
The Contenders, Vol. 15: The songs we can't stop playing this week
27 Aug 2024
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The latest update to our running list of the year's best songs includes tips for staying engaged, be...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Aug. 23
23 Aug 2024
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NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Sheldon Pearce are your guides to seven anticipated albums out Aug....
The sound of Venezuelan protest music over the last 30 years
21 Aug 2024
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Over the past month thousands of Venezuelans have taken to the streets to protest the disputed elect...
Nick Cave on the encounters that brought him to 'Wild God'
20 Aug 2024
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On August 30, the Australian-born rock titan Nick Cave will release Wild God, a new album with his b...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Aug. 16
16 Aug 2024
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NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Hazel Cills give you a quick rundown of the most notable albums ou...
The funniest songs of all time
13 Aug 2024
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"Weird Al" Yankovic helps curate a mix of some of the funniest songs of all time, from classics like...
New Music Friday: The best albums out August 9
09 Aug 2024
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NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Ann Powers survey the new albums out August 9, ranging from Ravyn ...
Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Danny Ocean, Girl Ultra and Superfónicos
07 Aug 2024
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Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre run through their favorite new music, including new work from Ven...
The golden age of slacker rock
06 Aug 2024
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Thirty years after the release of Beck's "Loser," we look back at its impact on the rise of slacker ...
New Music Friday: The best albums out August 2
02 Aug 2024
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NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Sheldon Pearce dig deep into the latest release by bassist Meshell...
S.O.S.: Songs of summer
30 Jul 2024
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These aren't the big bangers and Top 40 hits designed to capitalize on the typical summer vibes. We ...
Alt.Latino's guide to Chicano soul
24 Jul 2024
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The genre commonly referred to as "Chicano soul" has that "you know it if you hear it" kind of sound...
The Contenders, Vol. 14: The songs we can't stop playing this week
23 Jul 2024
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We update our running tally of the year's best songs with a return from Moses Sumney, 2022 Tiny Desk...
New Music Friday: The best albums out July 19
19 Jul 2024
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This week on New Music Friday from All Songs Considered, NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Stephen T...
Breathe: Songs to calm your nerves
16 Jul 2024
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We pause to take a deep breath this week and chill out with a mix designed to slow the blood and cal...
New Music Friday: The best albums out July 12
12 Jul 2024
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NPR Music's Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen present the noteworthy albums out July 12, including ne...
Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Omar Apollo, Karol G and Papo Vazquez
10 Jul 2024
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Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre round up their favorite new tracks, including heartbroken music f...
The Contenders, Vol. 13: The songs we can't stop playing this week
09 Jul 2024
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The latest update to our running list of the year's best songs includes new ones from Wilco and Omar...
'Born In The U.S.A.' at 40
02 Jul 2024
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With the Fourth of July week here, we look at an album all about the messy, complicated and wonderfu...
New Music Friday: The best albums out June 28
28 Jun 2024
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NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Anamaria Sayre give you the lowdown on Omar Apollo's new LP, Lil Ya...
In Conversation: Edgar Barrera
26 Jun 2024
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Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras visit the Miami studio of the Latin pop super-produc...
The Contenders, Vol. 12: The songs we can't stop playing this week
25 Jun 2024
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Our updated list of the year's best songs includes a sweet reflection from beabadoobee, Nathy Peluso...
New Music Friday: The best albums out June 21
21 Jun 2024
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The first half of 2024 has been stuffed with blockbuster albums, and as we reach the midpoint of the...
The best songs of 2024 (so far)
18 Jun 2024
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With the first half of the year almost behind us, we hit pause to reflect on some of the best tracks...
New Music Friday: The best albums out June 14
14 Jun 2024
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This week, NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Ann Powers steer the New Music Friday podcast straight ...
Alt.Latino's favorite music of 2024 (so far)
12 Jun 2024
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To mark the halfway point of 2024, Felix Contreras, Anamaria Sayre and NPR Culture Desk producer Isa...
The Contenders, Vol. 11: Jason Mantzoukas
11 Jun 2024
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Actor, comedian and music superfan Jason Mantzoukas joins us to update our running list of the year'...
New Music Friday: The best albums out June 7
07 Jun 2024
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NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Hazel Cills shepherd you through the many huge albums out today, i...
Advice for graduates: Listeners share songs, lessons from high school
04 Jun 2024
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Listeners share songs that take them back to the final days of high school, and the lessons they imp...
Jack Antonoff on surviving grief, regret and working out life's uncertainties
03 Jun 2024
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The producer, singer and songwriter talks with Rachel Martin, host of NPR's new podcast Wild Card, a...
New Music Friday: The best albums out May 31
31 May 2024
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NPR Music's Ann Powers and Lars Gotrich are your guides to this week's new releases.Featured albums:...
The National Recording Registry's best Spanish language songs (and what it's missing)
29 May 2024
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The Library of Congress' National Recording Registry is more than just a collection of music and sou...