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New Music Friday: The best albums out Nov. 14
FKA twigs. The Avett Brothers. Madi Diaz covering blink-182. Stephen Thompson from NPR Music is joined by Liz Warner from WDET in Detroit to chat abo…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Alt.Latino: Rosalía in her own words
Spanish vocalist and composer Rosalía has been a major presence in Spanish language music since she released her 2018 album, "El Mal Querer." She sta…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
The Contenders, Vol. 24: JADE, S.G. Goodman, Cleo Reed, more
With the end of 2025 in sight, we pause to update our running list of the year’s best songs. Our latest adds include the (possibly twisted) dance pop…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Our no. 1 songs: 2017
A Pulitzer Prize-winning hip-hop album, a crushing elegy to a lost love, a reevaluation of Kesha, "melodrama" from Lorde and more.
Note: This is a rec…
5 months ago
New Music Friday: The best albums out Nov. 7
Mavis Staples. Young Miko. A jaw-dropping project from Rosalía. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson is joined by Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre and Liz Felix f…
5 months ago
Alt.Latino: Portraits of Jazz and Identity in Latin America
Ever since I heard the Argentine saxophonist Gato Barbieri back in the Seventies, I’ve been fascinated by musicians from South America who found thei…
5 months ago
New songs to calm the nerves: 2025
Our fourth installment of music to slow the blood is a mix of all-new releases from this year, from the world-building, ambient sounds of Ozbolt and …
5 months ago
Our no. 1 songs: 2016
It was a year of staggering losses, from David Bowie and Prince to Leonard Cohen and George Michael. But it was also a year of monumental new music, …
5 months, 1 week ago
New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 31
A Waxahatchee side project. Guided By Voices. keiyaA. Marfa Public Radio's Julie Bee joins NPR Music's Stephen Thompson to break down the best albums…
5 months, 1 week ago
Alt.Latino: Salsa, bossa nova, and Argentina's next big thing
Not to sound like a broken record, but I'll say it again: the variety of creative expression in what is inadequately labeled "Latin music" continues …
5 months, 1 week ago