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New Music Friday: The best albums out Jan. 16
Ya Tseen. The Sha La Das. A mesmerizing collaboration between Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore. Stephen Thompson from NPR Music is joined by Alex …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Alt.Latino: Our Love Letter to Bob Weir
Over the weekend, we lost a musician who shaped the lives of countless people: the late, great Bob Weir. He was a founding member of the Grateful Dea…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Big Thief’s Buck Meek, Joji and more of the week's best songs
NPR’s classical critic Tom Huizenga joins host Robin Hilton for our first spin of the best songs we’re hearing in 2026, including new ones from Big T…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
New Music Friday: The best albums out Jan. 9
Dry Cleaning. Jenny on Holiday. An introspective debut from Mon Rovîa. Stephen Thompson from NPR Music is joined by Celia Gregory from WNXP in Nashvi…
3 months ago
Alt.Latino: Music as protest in Venezuela
Venezuela has a deep tradition of reflecting political change through music. This week, as the country reels from the seizure of its president by Ame…
3 months ago
The best 2026 albums we've heard so far
We look ahead to some of the albums we’re most excited about for the new year, from sure bets like Dry Cleaning and Beverly Glenn-Copeland to rumored…
3 months ago
New Music Friday: A roundup of December albums
It's a slow release day to start the new year, so this week NPR Music's Stephen Thompson brings us an abbreviated episode highlighting a few of the n…
3 months, 1 week ago
Viking's Choice 2025: The Guitar
On the last episode of All Songs Considered for 2025, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich takes host Robin Hilton through an exceptional year in guitar m…
3 months, 1 week ago
Our no. 1 songs: 2024
In our final look back at our number one songs from the past 25 years, we visit Modesto, take an existential stroll through Petco, and find it all so…
3 months, 1 week ago
A very tolerable Christmas, 2025
We take a motorcycle road trip to Wisconsin in our annual search for the true spirit of the season. And, of course, we meet some special guests along…
3 months, 2 weeks ago