Clockwise from top left: Jerry Paper, John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus, Avishai Cohen, Ben Lukas BoysenCourtesy of the artistshide captiontoggle captionCourtesy of the artistsOur ShowNew Mix: More Music For The Here And Now By Bob BoilenThis week's must-hear mix of music to slow the blood includes some delicate and joyful sounds, mostly from artists you likely haven't heard of, including Ben Lukas Boysen and Jerry Paper.
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Clockwise from top left: Jerry Paper, John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus, Avishai Cohen, Ben Lukas Boysen Courtesy of the artists hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the artists Our Show New Mix: More Music For The Here And Now by Bob Boilen , Andrew Flanagan , Lars Gotrich , Suraya Mohamed April 14, 2020 This week's must-hear mix of music to slow the blood includes some delicate and joyful sounds, mostly from artists you likely haven't heard of, including Ben Lukas Boysen and Jerry Paper. New Mix: More Music For The Here And Now Listen · 39:37 39:37 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/833492539/833739028" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Don't play with Kari Faux. Play with your kids. Quil Lemons /Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Quil Lemons /Courtesy of the artist Heat Check Heat Check: Money In My Hand by Sidney Madden April 13, 2020 Whatever your goals, remember to move with your energy on ten. New tracks from Kari Faux, Yung Baby Tate, Odunsi (The Engine), Skepta and more will help.
Laura Marling. Her latest release, Song For Our Daughter, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on April 10. Justin Tyler Close/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Justin Tyler Close/Courtesy of the artist New Music Friday New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On April 10 by Robin Hilton , Ann Powers , Stephen Thompson April 10, 2020 Our weekly rundown of the best new albums out now includes the latest from Laura Marling, The Strokes' best new release in years, Hamilton Leithauser and more. New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On April 10 Listen · 35:42 35:42 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/831107165/831418367" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Stone & Snow submitted its entry "Cruel" to the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest. YouTube/NPR hide caption toggle caption YouTube/NPR Tiny Desk Contest The Best 2020 Tiny Desk Contest Entries We Saw This Week: Volume 5 by Tolu Igun , Marissa Lorusso , Pilar Fitzgerald , Elle Mannion , Jon Lewis April 9, 2020 This week, our favorite entries bring you raucous guitars, resilience, contemplation and lots of houseplants. There's still time to enter; send us your video by April 27.
John Prine hanging out at Georgia State College, before a live interview on WRAS-FM, in 1975. Tom Hill/WireImage/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tom Hill/WireImage/Getty Images Our Show John Prine's Life In 10 Songs by Bob Boilen , Ann Powers April 9, 2020 On this special edition of All Songs Considered, we look back at the life and legacy of the late John Prine through ten of the defining songs from his nearly 50-year career. John Prine's Life In 10 Songs Listen · 1:00:14 1:00:14 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/828225080/830386259" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Ed O'Brien Eliot Lee Hazel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Eliot Lee Hazel/Courtesy of the artist Our Show Radiohead's Ed O'Brien Talks About His New Album, 'Earth' by Bob Boilen April 7, 2020 In a conversation with All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen, Ed O'Brien reveals how he made Earth, an album that's both boldly colorful and intimate. Radiohead's Ed O'Brien Talks About His New Album, 'Earth' Listen · 37:34 37:34 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/828200068/828257775" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Empress Of's "Void" feels like a euphoric cross-genre culture clash, a dance party in a summer storm. Dorian Lopez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Dorian Lopez/Courtesy of the artist Heat Check Heat Check: I Feel Void by Sidney Madden , Bobby Carter April 6, 2020 There's still room for surprises in the void of time. Kalisway, Empress Of, Rod Wave and more release new heat.
Thundercat. His latest, It Is What It Is, is one of our picks for the week's best new albums. Parker Day/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Parker Day/Courtesy of the artist New Music Friday New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On April 3 by Robin Hilton , Ann Powers , Stephen Thompson April 3, 2020 Our picks for this week's best new albums include the latest from Thundercat, M. Ward, country singers Ashley McBryde and Sam Hunt, ambient cello tunes from Clarice Jensen and more. New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On April 3 Listen · 32:28 32:28 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/826197341/826485422" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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You don't need a nice home studio — like Bob Boilen has here — to record a great Tiny Desk Contest entry from home. Bob Boilen hide caption toggle caption Bob Boilen Tiny Desk Contest Tiny Tech Tips: Recording Your Tiny Desk Contest Entry At Home by Marissa Lorusso April 2, 2020 In the spirit of getting creative during the era of social distancing, we asked for advice for filming a Tiny Desk Contest entry by yourself. Unsigned artists can enter the Contest through April 27.
Top row: TV On The Radio; Middle row, left to right: Billie Holiday, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon; Bottom row: Talking Heads Courtesy of the artists hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the artists Our Show Old Songs, New Meanings by Bob Boilen March 31, 2020 Listening to music during this pandemic has cast new light on old familiar tunes. Here's a listener-curated mix-tape of songs whose lyrics have an eerie — or comforting — connection to our current crisis. Old Songs, New Meanings Listen · 41:54 41:54 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/823808137/823838332" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Bongeziwe Mabandla's "masiziyekelele" sends you racing through the streets of Johannesburg. Justice Mukheli/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Justice Mukheli/Courtesy of the artist Heat Check Heat Check: Teleport And Transform by Sidney Madden March 30, 2020 Ghanian trap, South African soul, Barbadian pop. This week's Heat Check does some digital globetrotting for a temporary escape.
Bob Dylan's new single, "Murder Most Foul," is 17 minutes long and references more than 70 songs. We made a playlist of them all. Fred Tanneau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Fred Tanneau/AFP via Getty Images All Songs Considered A List Of The Songs Named In Bob Dylan's 'Murder Most Foul' by Bob Boilen March 27, 2020 There are more than 70 songs mentioned or referenced in Bob Dylan's new 17-minute single, "Murder Most Foul." Listen to them all.
The hip-hop producer, Knxwledge. His latest project, 1988, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on March 27. Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the artist New Music Friday New Music Friday: The Top 9 Albums Out On March 27 by Robin Hilton , Ann Powers , Stephen Thompson March 27, 2020 It's another super-packed release week, with stellar new albums from Pearl Jam, Sufjan Stevens, the producer Knxwledge, Little Dragon and more. use this one Listen · 34:02 34:02 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/822347411/822362045" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Linda Diaz submitted the song "Green Tea Ice Cream" to the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest. YouTube/NPR hide caption toggle caption YouTube/NPR Tiny Desk Contest The Best 2020 Tiny Desk Contest Entries We Saw This Week: Volume 4 by Elle Mannion , Pilar Fitzgerald , Allie Prescott , Jon Lewis , Tolu Igun March 26, 2020 We extended our deadline: You now have until until 11:59 p.m. ET on April 27 to enter the Contest. Our favorites this week include a groovy protest song, a folksy breath of fresh air and more.
Serpent Column's new EP is called Endless Detainment — quite the 2020 mood. Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the artist Viking's Choice Viking's Choice: Raging Black Metal, Burly Math Rock, Escapist Shoegaze by Lars Gotrich March 24, 2020 The world's gushing hot garbage, so hate-spewing black metal must be the remedy. Plus new music from Control Top, Horse Lords and the return of We Versus The Shark.
Brian and Roger Eno Bee Eno and Mary Evers/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Bee Eno and Mary Evers/Courtesy of the artist Our Show Roger And Brian Eno Reveal How They Made Their Tranquil New Album Together by Bob Boilen March 24, 2020 The two brothers describe their first-ever album together as a kind of art project — Roger composed the music and Brian added all the color. "Roger is a landscape painter," says Brian, "and I'm an abstract expressionist." Roger And Brian Eno Reveal How They Made Their Tranquil New Album Together Listen · 29:51 29:51 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/820192284/820244447" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Alex Isley's "Gone" perfects the art of subtle, fear-inducing seduction. Lauren Desberg /Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Lauren Desberg /Courtesy of the artist Heat Check Heat Check: Make It Make Sense by Sidney Madden March 23, 2020 When parts of reality seem unfathomable, music always makes sense. New music from Alex Isley, Childish Gambino, Melanie Faye and more on this week's Heat Check.
J Balvin. His euphoric new album, Colores tops our list of the week's best new releases. @theograph/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption @theograph/Courtesy of the artist New Music Friday New Music Friday: The Top 7 Albums Out On March 20 by Robin Hilton , Ann Powers , Stephen Thompson March 20, 2020 Finally, some good news! J Balvin's Colores is here, along with The Weeknd's mysterious After Hours, dance therapy from TOKiMONSTA and more, all on our shortlist of the week's best new albums. New Music Friday: The Top 7 Albums Out On March 20 Listen · 34:33 34:33 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/818722828/818729817" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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The Kraken Quartet entered the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest with its entry "Chance the Dog (The Song)" YouTube/NPR hide caption toggle caption YouTube/NPR Tiny Desk Contest Hear From SXSW Artists Who Entered The 2020 Tiny Desk Contest by Bob Boilen March 19, 2020 SXSW is usually a great place to discover new artists. When this year's festival was canceled, we asked unsigned artists who were planning to go to enter the Tiny Desk Contest. Here are their entries.
BIRTHH's angelic ascension will help you temporarily escape reality. Sha Ribeiro/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Sha Ribeiro/Courtesy of the artist Heat Check Heat Check: Socially Distanced, Emotionally Here by Sidney Madden , Bobby Carter March 16, 2020 For your at-home workout. For you stress baking. For avoiding your kids. We're not here to judge, just to help.
Top left: Rema; Top middle: S.G. Goodman; Top right: Chelsea Williams; Middle: Totemo; Middle right: Akinyemi; Bottom row: Höröyá Courtesy of the artists hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the artists Our Show What We'll Miss At SXSW This Year by Bob Boilen , Robin Hilton , Stephen Thompson March 16, 2020 For the first time in more than 30 years ago, SXSW isn't happening. But we still listened to hundreds of bands that were supposed to play in Austin this week and made some great discoveries. What We'll Miss At SXSW This Year Listen · 45:17 45:17 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/815874681/815875537" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Big Freedia. Her latest, Louder, is on our list of the best new releases out on March 13. Noam Galai/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Noam Galai/Getty Images New Music Friday New Music Friday: The Top Ten Albums Out On March 13 by Robin Hilton , Stephen Thompson , Ann Powers , Lyndsey McKenna , Lars Gotrich , Nate Chinen March 13, 2020 One Direction singer Niall Horan is back with a new solo album, Big Freedia gets 'Louder' and The Flaming Lips team up with Deap Valley for a gritty new psych-rock project. New Music Friday: The Top Ten Albums Out On March 13 Listen · 35:58 35:58 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/815267528/815274203" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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