New Music Friday: The best releases out on Nov. 17
17 Nov 2023
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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include the pairing of 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne, d...
Regional Goes Global, Part 1: Finding Peso Pluma's music revolution in Nashville
15 Nov 2023
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Earlier this year, Peso Pluma — a 24-year-old who grew up in between Guadalajara, Jalisco and San ...
Exclusive: André 3000 reveals why his new solo album has no bars — and no boundaries
14 Nov 2023
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For the first time in nearly two decades, André 3000 is releasing an album of new music. New Blue S...
What we learned from our parents' record collections
13 Nov 2023
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The holiday season is a time for reflection — so, we're reflecting on music, with stories and memo...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on Nov. 10
10 Nov 2023
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The week's best albums include the gothic Heaven Knows from PinkPantheress, a meticulously recreated...
How AI helped The Beatles do the impossible
07 Nov 2023
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Mind-blowing AI tools made it possible for The Beatles to release what they're calling their last s...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on Nov. 3
03 Nov 2023
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The week's best albums include rapper and singer Tkay Maidza's menacing yet beautiful Sweet Justice,...
Tunes that got you through your teens
31 Oct 2023
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We asked listeners to send us stories about a time when music came to the rescue, particularly when ...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on Oct. 27
27 Oct 2023
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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include the long-awaited sophomore full-length f...
Tunes that terrify
24 Oct 2023
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With Halloween coming up we thought we'd revisit an episode featuring songs that rattle the nerves, ...
In conversation: Maluma on becoming a dad, hustling across genres and reggaeton's rise
21 Oct 2023
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The Colombian singer Maluma has a lot to be excited about these days — a world tour, a new album a...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on Oct. 20
20 Oct 2023
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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include U.K. singer-songwriter Sampha, a Rolling...
Songs we should retire
17 Oct 2023
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With the retirement of longtime All Songs host Bob Boilen, we're looking back and sharing some of ou...
New Music Friday: The best releases out Oct. 13
13 Oct 2023
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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include Australian pop star Troye Sivan, singer-...
Songs that make you cry
10 Oct 2023
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With Bob Boilen retiring, we're taking time to remember some of our favorite episodes from over the ...
New Music Friday: The best releases out Oct. 6
06 Oct 2023
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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include the rapper Earl Sweatshirt, the return o...
Bob Boilen's farewell show: Songs that say 'goodbye'
02 Oct 2023
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Twenty three years after creating and hosting All Songs Considered, Bob Boilen is retiring. But befo...
New Music Friday: The best releases out Sept. 29
29 Sep 2023
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The best albums out now include singer Jorja Smith's soaring but solitary full-length Falling or Fly...
Why the Mexican American pop star Becky G always identifies as '200%'
27 Sep 2023
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Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras sit down with Becky G, right after her forthcoming T...
New Mix: Olivia Rodrigo, Sufjan Stevens, Katie Von Schleicher, more
26 Sep 2023
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NPR Music's Hazel Cills and Marissa Lorusso join host Bob Boilen to share their favorite new tracks....
New Music Friday: The best releases out Sept. 22
22 Sep 2023
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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include Doja Cat's Scarlet, Kylie Minogue's Tens...
AltLatino dissects the Latin Grammy noms, from snubs to love
20 Sep 2023
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Anamaria Sayre, Felix Contreras and producer Isabella Gomez Sarmiento sit down to talk some real chi...
Viking's Choice: MxPx, Daniel Bachman, Matana Roberts, more
19 Sep 2023
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Bob Boilen will retire from NPR on Oct. 2, and he decided to spend one of his final episodes hosting...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on Sept. 15
15 Sep 2023
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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include Corinne Bailey Rae's Black Rainbows, Mit...
A preview of this year's 'El Tiny' lineup
13 Sep 2023
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This week, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras preview the artists coming to play Tiny Desk performan...
Nirvana's 'In Utero' at 30
12 Sep 2023
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Thirty years ago this month, Nirvana released what would be its third and final album, In Utero. To ...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on Sept. 8
08 Sep 2023
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The best albums out this week include Olivia Rodrigo's GUTS, James Blake's Playing Robots Into Heave...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on Sept. 1
01 Sep 2023
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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include the jagged indie-rock of Rabbit Rabbit f...
A lot of songs about ice cream
29 Aug 2023
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As summer break comes to a close for many and students head back to school, we take a moment to cele...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on Aug. 25
25 Aug 2023
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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include global sensation Burna Boy, rising R&B s...
The hip-hop verse that changed my life
23 Aug 2023
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From our friends at Pop Culture Happy Hour: What makes for an unshakable rap verse — the kind that...
A conversation with Paul Simon
22 Aug 2023
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Singer Paul Simon surprised fans earlier this year by releasing Seven Psalms, his first album since ...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on Aug. 18
18 Aug 2023
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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include new releases from Jon Batiste, Hozier, R...
Alt.Latino's Best New Music Round-Up: DannyLux, Kali Uchis and Dario Acosta Teich
16 Aug 2023
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This week, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras round up their favorite music from the last few months...
A conversation with Robbie Robertson
15 Aug 2023
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Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter for The Band, died Aug. 9 at the age of 80. For this...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on Aug. 11
11 Aug 2023
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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include Noname's long-awaited Sundial, Karol G's...
Hip-hop is 50. Its formula for global domination? Staying local
10 Aug 2023
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When DJ Kool Herc spun records at a small party in the Bronx in August of 1973, no one would have pr...
Encore: How Son Lux scored 'Everything Everywhere All At Once'
08 Aug 2023
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This week, Son Lux returns with Alternate Forms, the band's first new album since releasing its belo...
In conversation: Athlete-turned-rapper Eladio Carrión on the fine art of practice
02 Aug 2023
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Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre sit down with the Puerto Rican hip-hop artist Eladio Carrión to ...
New Mix: Mitski, Irreversible Entanglements, Sally Anne Morgan, more
01 Aug 2023
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NPR Music's Lars Gotrich joins All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen to share their favorite new tracks ...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on July 28
28 Jul 2023
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The best albums out this week include new ones from Post Malone, Carly Rae Jepsen, composer and sing...
New Mix: Big Thief, Squirrel Flower, more
25 Jul 2023
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NPR Music's Hazel Cills and critic Marissa Lorusso join All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen to share t...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on July 21
21 Jul 2023
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K-Pop convention-breakers NewJeans drop their second EP this week, along with new ones from Andrew B...
In conversation: How YEИDRY uses music to bridge worlds
19 Jul 2023
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Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre speaks with YEИDRY, the Dominican-born, Italian-raised singer about usi...
New Mix: Courtney Barnett, Grandaddy, Lowland Hum, more
18 Jul 2023
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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen shares his favorite discoveries of the week.Featured Artists And S...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on July 14
14 Jul 2023
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The best albums out this week include Beautiful and Brutal Yard from rapper J Hus, the ragged rock o...
New Mix: Margo Price, Palehound, Talking Heads (Live), more
11 Jul 2023
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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks of the week.Featured Artists And So...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on July 7
07 Jul 2023
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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include the return of PJ Harvey, the continued a...
PJ Harvey on how she turned her epic poem 'Orlam' into a potent new album
06 Jul 2023
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The singer talks with NPR Music's Ann Powers about Harvey's album I Inside the Old Year Dying, a rag...
Alt.Latino picks the best music of 2023 (so far)
05 Jul 2023
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Hosts Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras round up their favorite albums of 2023 so far, from the mod...
Favorite New Artists Of 2023 (So Far)
27 Jun 2023
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On this edition of All Songs Considered, we asked NPR member stations to pick their favorite new art...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on June 23
23 Jun 2023
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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include a self-titled dopamine hit from Coi Lera...
In conversation: Sheila E. on faith, family and her eclectic music career
21 Jun 2023
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Alt.Latino's Felix Contreras sits down with percussion icon Sheila Escovedo, aka Sheila E., to talk ...
New Mix: FIZZ, Luluc, Silvana Estrada, more
20 Jun 2023
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Have you heard dodie's new band? Looking for some ethereal sonic adventures? On this week's All Song...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on June 16
16 Jun 2023
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The best releases out this week include Killer Mike's first solo album in more than a decade, the ma...
Jónsi talks about 'ÁTTA,' the new album by Sigur Rós
15 Jun 2023
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On this special edition of All Songs Considered, Bob Boilen speaks with Jónsi, from the Icelandic b...
New Mix: Bob Dylan, Sparks, Darlingside, Annie Bartholomew, more
13 Jun 2023
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Bob Boilen shares new songs (in one case, a new recording) from a few of his favorite artists, plus ...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on June 9
09 Jun 2023
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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include new ones from Amaarae, Janelle Monáe, K...
Alt.Latino's Best New Music Round-Up: Eduardo Cabra, Santa Fe Klan and Elsa y Elmar
07 Jun 2023
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This week, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras round up their favorite music from the last few months...
Viking's Choice: Anjimile, High Rise, Fatoumata Diawara, more
06 Jun 2023
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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen and NPR Music's Lars Gotrich share their favorite new tracks inclu...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on June 2
02 Jun 2023
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Hear the powerfully poetic Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? from McKinley Dixon, a scorcher from Bully, Ais...
How the 'scarcity mindset' enforces the unwritten rules of rap
01 Jun 2023
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Over the last nine episodes, Louder Than A Riot has tackled the unwritten rules of rap that hold the...
Remembering Tina Turner
30 May 2023
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Our friends at Pop Culture Happy Hour remember the legendary Tina Turner, who died last week at the ...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on May 26
26 May 2023
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The best albums out this week include Lil Durk's Almost Healed, reflections on surviving your 20s fr...
Like poppa, like son: Rodney Carmichael
25 May 2023
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On this episode of Louder Than A Riot, something a little different: It's part meditation, part conv...
In conversation: Cellist Mabe Fratti on embracing imperfections and going to extremes
24 May 2023
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Alt.Latino host Anamaria Sayre sits down with the experimental, Guatemalan cellist Mabe Fratti to di...
New Mix: Tiny Desk Contest winner Little Moon, ANOHNI, yeule and more
23 May 2023
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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen and NPR Music editor Hazel Cills share their favorite new tracks o...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on May 19
19 May 2023
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A joint project from the rapper Aminé and producer KAYTRANADA tops our list of the best albums out ...
Rico Nasty, the 'strong Black woman' trope and how you get your power back
18 May 2023
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Rico Nasty's music creates a haven for heavy emotions. And in a world that paints Black girls showin...
In conversation: Karol G on her life as a 'happy heartbreak girl'
17 May 2023
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While coming up with the concept for her new album Mañana Será Bonito, Colombian superstar Karol G...
New Mix: Fred again.. and Brian Eno, Youth Lagoon, dodie, more
16 May 2023
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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks of the week, including a collaborat...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on May 12
12 May 2023
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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include debuts from singer Madison McFerrin, the...
How Saucy Santana pushes back against stale standards in hip-hop
11 May 2023
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On this episode of Louder Than A Riot, we talk with Saucy Santana, a viral TikTok rapper who isn't s...
New Mix: Rufus Wainwright, PJ Harvey, Rhiannon Giddens, more
09 May 2023
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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks of the week, including a new one fr...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on May 5
05 May 2023
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The best albums out this week include the nostalgia-fueled, future-looking Soul,PRESENT from Q, a st...
iLoveMakonnen and hip-hop's troubled relationship with masculinity
04 May 2023
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How has hip-hop affected perceptions of Black masculinity? We unpack that question through the story...
New Mix: Balmorhea, Hayden Pedigo, Julie Christmas, more
02 May 2023
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NPR Music's Lars Gotrich joins All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen to share his favorite new sonic adv...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on April 28
28 Apr 2023
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The singer and rapper Labrinth, beloved for his score to the HBO show Euphoria, drops his latest alb...
Kim Osorio, 'The Source' and hip-hop's overdue reckoning with misogynoir
27 Apr 2023
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In this episode of Louder Than A Riot, we ask what it means to speak up in a culture where it's alwa...
Alt.Latino's Best New Music Round-Up: Bad Bunny, Grupo Frontera, Becky G and more
26 Apr 2023
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This week, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras round up their favorite music from the last few months...
New Mix: Cowboy Junkies, Michael Stipe, Wallice, more
25 Apr 2023
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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks of the week, including a collaborat...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on April 21
21 Apr 2023
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The debut studio album from Agust D (Suga) of BTS is out this week, along with new ones from Everyth...
In conversation: Girl Ultra on Mexico City's 'haunted' energy
19 Apr 2023
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Across her evolving discography, which includes everything from R&B ballads to danceable electronic ...
New Mix: Indigo De Souza, Speedy Ortiz, more
18 Apr 2023
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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen and NPR Music's Marissa Lorusso and Hazel Cills share their favori...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on April 14
14 Apr 2023
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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include Black Thought from The Roots, the quietl...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on April 7
07 Apr 2023
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Our favorite new releases for April 7, 2023, include:1. Daniel Caesar — Never Enough 2. Wednesday ...
How Trina flipped the script on stereotypes of Black women in rap
06 Apr 2023
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How did the "bad bitch" replace the "ride or die chick" in hip hop? In this episode of Louder Than A...
New Mix: Zoon, Shirley Collins, Orchestra Gold, Pry, more
04 Apr 2023
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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen and NPR Music's Lars Gotrich share their favorite new music of the...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on March 31
31 Mar 2023
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NPR Music's picks for the best new albums out this week include Chlöe's In Pieces, the debut full-l...
Beauty is in the eye of the male gaze: DreamDoll, Baby Tate and Doechii
30 Mar 2023
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In our latest episode of Louder Than A Riot we look at how the male gaze looms over hip-hop. Those u...
In conversation: How Camilo Lara is Mexico's musical 'double agent'
29 Mar 2023
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Anamaria Sayre, host of NPR's Alt.Latino, sits down with world-building producer and Mexican Institu...
New Mix: Ólafur Arnalds and Ella McRobb, Protomartyr, The Antlers, more
28 Mar 2023
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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks of the week, including two surprisi...
How Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily conjured Love In Exile
27 Mar 2023
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Contributor Nate Chinen interviews the three musicians behind the new improvisational supergroup Lov...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on March 24
24 Mar 2023
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The Atlanta rapper and singer 6LACK, Lana Del Rey, R&B singer Yaya Bey, the veteran rock group Depec...
The overlooked legacy of Sha-Rock, hip-hop's first female MC
23 Mar 2023
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In our latest episode of Louder Than A Riot we break down legacy: who gets to leave one in hip-hop a...
New Mix: Kara Jackson, Sofia Kourtesis, Ratboys and more
21 Mar 2023
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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen is joined by NPR Music's Hazel Cills and Marissa Lorusso to share ...
New Music Friday: The best releases out on March 17
17 Mar 2023
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Our shortlist of the week's best new releases includes an incredible collection of cover songs from ...
Megan Thee Stallion, Tory Lanez and the impact of misogynoir on rap
16 Mar 2023
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In our season two debut of Louder Than A Riot, we look at how the Tory Lanez trial sparked a real di...
In conversation: Why Mexican pop icon Julieta Venegas doesn't call herself a pioneer
15 Mar 2023
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Anamaria Sayre from NPR Music's Alt.Latino sits down with Mexican pop icon Julieta Venegas to discus...
How does De La Soul sound in the streaming era?
14 Mar 2023
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Author and professor Oliver Wang and writer Matthew Ritchie join NPR Music's Sheldon Pearce to talk ...