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New Music Friday: The best albums out June 7
NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Hazel Cills shepherd you through the many huge albums out today, including new records by Kaytranada, Charli XCX an…
1 year, 10 months ago
Advice for graduates: Listeners share songs, lessons from high school
Listeners share songs that take them back to the final days of high school, and the lessons they impart.
Featured artists and songs:
1. Baz Luhrmann: "…
1 year, 10 months ago
Jack Antonoff on surviving grief, regret and working out life's uncertainties
The producer, singer and songwriter talks with Rachel Martin, host of NPR's new podcast Wild Card, about some of life's biggest questions.
To manage …
1 year, 10 months ago
New Music Friday: The best albums out May 31
NPR Music's Ann Powers and Lars Gotrich are your guides to this week's new releases.
Featured albums:
• Arooj Aftab, 'Night Reign'
• Shaboozey, 'Where I…
1 year, 10 months ago
The National Recording Registry's best Spanish language songs (and what it's missing)
The Library of Congress' National Recording Registry is more than just a collection of music and sound — it's a reflection of who we are as a country…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Contenders, Vol. 10: The songs we can't stop playing this week
Our biweekly update of the year's best tracks is a mix full of "the hurries and the worries" from Alkaline Trio, wistful reflections from Lake Street…
1 year, 10 months ago
New Music Friday: The best albums out May 24
On our survey of the week's most exciting new albums, WRTI's Nate Chinen and NPR Music's Sheldon Pearce get all wrapped up in the amniotic embrace of…
1 year, 10 months ago
Songs that hit you hard (2023)
We asked listeners to tell us about a song they ugly cried to or just couldn't stop playing. On this episode, we share some of their picks and the st…
1 year, 10 months ago
New Music Friday: The best albums out May 17
NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Hazel Cills discuss new releases by Billie Eilish, Portishead's Beth Gibbons and Rapsody.
Featured albums:
- Billie Ei…
1 year, 10 months ago
Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Wyatt Flores, Danny Ocean and Grupo Frontera
Ana and Felix collect their favorite recent releases from the past few months, including new material from the breakout regional band Grupo Frontera,…
1 year, 10 months ago