NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Ann Powers are your guides to the last big Friday of 2024. Plus a deep... more

The Latin Grammys recently marked its 25th anniversary. Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre was in Miami to talk to some of Latin... more

In the final update to our running list of the year's best songs, we've got the cathartic rock of Kassie... more

NPR Music's Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen are your guides to the most compelling releases out on November 15. Featured... more

Alt.Latino hosts Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre recorded their latest new music guide on the streets of Spain.Learn more about... more

We update our running list of the year's best songs with more calming sounds from Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi, the... more

NPR Music's Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen are your guides to the most compelling albums released this Friday.Featured albums:• Ab-Soul,... more

Alt.Latino hosts Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre are in Spain for a music conference. On this episode, they share their... more

In our second installment of blood-slowing songs we take a deep breath and let it out with the music of... more

NPR Music's Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen are your guides to the most compelling new releases of the week, including... more

Over half a century, hip-hop has grown into a globally dominant musical and cultural force while remaining stubbornly, vitally local.When... more

NPR Music's Ann Powers and Hazel Cills are your guides to the week's most compelling new releases. Featured albums:• Amythyst... more

Anamaria Sayre brings some exciting new sounds coming out Mexico City (while recording from Mexico City) including sweet new music... more

We debate the pros and cons of small-town living through the music of Christian Lee Hutson, Youth Lagoon, Bartees Strange... more

NPR Music's Ann Powers and Sheldon Pearce are your guides to this week's most compelling new musical offerings. For October... more

To celebrate the release of a new book from NPR Music, How Women Made Music, as well as the 50th... more

We celebrate spooky season with an unnerving mix of songs from our favorite horror movie scores, including The Shining, Under... more

The rapper-turned-country star Jelly Roll, who has had a major breakthrough in Nashville in the last couple of years, leads... more

Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre are back with a new music show, featuring Rosalía, Helado Negro, Wyatt Flores and more.Songs... more

Reflections on regret from beabadoobee and Bon Iver, deep sonic meditations from Nala Sinephro and Jill Fraser, and more updates... more

NPR Music's Lars Gotrich and Sheldon Pearce round up the most exciting albums out this Friday, and reflect on the... more

Alt.Latino is usually all about sharing new music across Latin America, but what about the older cuts Ana and Felix... more

How Women Made Music, a new book out now from NPR, considers what the canon of popular music would look... more

As NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Ann Powers discuss on this week's episode, there's a thread of loss running through... more

Wait a minute — does Alt.Latino actually agree with a lot of the Latin Recording Academy's nominations this year?Felix Contreras,... more

We update our running list of the year's best songs with a slice of pop perfection from Oso Oso, harrowing... more

NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Lars Gotrich provide a guide the most exciting new releases out today. This week, the... more

This week on Alt.Latino, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras talk about an exciting new album from Manu Chao on the... more

We look back at Arcade Fire's monumental debut album, why it was so special, the ways it changed the musical... more

NPR Music's Ann Powers and Hazel Cills are your guides to the best music out this Friday, Sept. 13, including... more

'El Tiny' season at the Tiny Desk launches next week and this year it's all about love — familial and... more

We update our running list of the year's best songs with the shapeshifting rock of Caleb Landry Jones, Angélica Garcia's... more

NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Ann Powers take you on a tour of the most exciting albums out Friday, Sept.... more

Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras play some of their favorite new songs from the last few months, featuring globe-spanning electronica... more

We look ahead to the final big push of releases for 2024, with fall albums from Mount Eerie, SOPHIE, Soccer... more

The best albums out this week include Wild God from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Doechii's Alligator Bites Never... more

The latest update to our running list of the year's best songs includes tips for staying engaged, being happy and... more

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Sheldon Pearce are your guides to seven anticipated albums out Aug. 23. During the second... more

Over the past month thousands of Venezuelans have taken to the streets to protest the disputed election of president Nicolás... more

On August 30, the Australian-born rock titan Nick Cave will release Wild God, a new album with his band The... more

NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Hazel Cills give you a quick rundown of the most notable albums out Friday, Aug.... more

"Weird Al" Yankovic helps curate a mix of some of the funniest songs of all time, from classics like Tom... more

NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Ann Powers survey the new albums out August 9, ranging from Ravyn Lenae's focused R&B... more

Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre run through their favorite new music, including new work from Venezuelan artist Danny Ocean in... more

Thirty years after the release of Beck's "Loser," we look back at its impact on the rise of slacker rock... more

NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Sheldon Pearce dig deep into the latest release by bassist Meshell Ndegeocello, who, more than... more

These aren't the big bangers and Top 40 hits designed to capitalize on the typical summer vibes. We instead play... more

The genre commonly referred to as "Chicano soul" has that "you know it if you hear it" kind of sound.... more

We update our running tally of the year's best songs with a return from Moses Sumney, 2022 Tiny Desk Contest... more

This week on New Music Friday from All Songs Considered, NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Stephen Thompson listen to a... more

We pause to take a deep breath this week and chill out with a mix designed to slow the blood... more

NPR Music's Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen present the noteworthy albums out July 12, including new releases by Nashville iconoclast... more

Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre round up their favorite new tracks, including heartbroken music from Omar Apollo, a mix of... more

The latest update to our running list of the year's best songs includes new ones from Wilco and Omar Apollo,... more

With the Fourth of July week here, we look at an album all about the messy, complicated and wonderful culture... more

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Anamaria Sayre give you the lowdown on Omar Apollo's new LP, Lil Yachty's collaboration with... more

Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras visit the Miami studio of the Latin pop super-producer.Learn more about sponsor message choices:... more

Our updated list of the year's best songs includes a sweet reflection from beabadoobee, Nathy Peluso's wildly infectious "Aprender A... more

The first half of 2024 has been stuffed with blockbuster albums, and as we reach the midpoint of the year,... more

With the first half of the year almost behind us, we hit pause to reflect on some of the best... more

This week, NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Ann Powers steer the New Music Friday podcast straight into the oncoming Father's... more

To mark the halfway point of 2024, Felix Contreras, Anamaria Sayre and NPR Culture Desk producer Isabella Gomez Sarmiento run... more

Actor, comedian and music superfan Jason Mantzoukas joins us to update our running list of the year's best songs, with... more

NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Hazel Cills shepherd you through the many huge albums out today, including new records by... more

Listeners share songs that take them back to the final days of high school, and the lessons they impart.Featured artists... more

The producer, singer and songwriter talks with Rachel Martin, host of NPR's new podcast Wild Card, about some of life's... more

NPR Music's Ann Powers and Lars Gotrich are your guides to this week's new releases.Featured albums:• Arooj Aftab, 'Night Reign'•... more

The Library of Congress' National Recording Registry is more than just a collection of music and sound — it's a... more

Our biweekly update of the year's best tracks is a mix full of "the hurries and the worries" from Alkaline... more

On our survey of the week's most exciting new albums, WRTI's Nate Chinen and NPR Music's Sheldon Pearce get all... more

We asked listeners to tell us about a song they ugly cried to or just couldn't stop playing. On this... more

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Hazel Cills discuss new releases by Billie Eilish, Portishead's Beth Gibbons and Rapsody.Featured albums:- Billie... more

Ana and Felix collect their favorite recent releases from the past few months, including new material from the breakout regional... more

We update our running list of the year's best songs with new ones from Dominic Fike, WILLOW, Kamasi Washington, Illuminati... more

This week's episode of New Music Friday from All Songs Considered showcases artists stretching limits across a wide spectrum of... more

Get your hanky out. With Mother's Day nearing, listeners share the songs that remind them of their moms and the... more

On the May 3 episode of New Music Friday, NPR Music's Hazel Cills and WRTI's Nate Chinen discuss the week's... more

It's the 10th annual Tiny Desk contest and there's been a strong showing of Latin artists behind desks across the... more

Brittany Luse, host of NPR's It's Been A Minute, joins All Songs Considered's Robin Hilton to update our running list... more

NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Sheldon Pearce discuss new albums from St. Vincent, Charley Crockett, Iron & Wine and more.Feature... more

Is April, as T.S. Eliot put it, the cruelest month? We reflect on the question with a mix that's both... more

NPR Music's Ann Powers and Hazel Cills dig into Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department,' which hit streaming services last... more

Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras round up their favorite new music, from Puerto Rican rapper Young Miko's boundary-pushing new music,... more

This week's update to our list of the year's best songs includes thunderous shoegaze from Wisp, a classic Cuban piano... more

NPR Music's Sheldon Pearce and WRTI's Nate Chinen take you through the biggest new releases of the week, including Maggie... more

"Weird Al" Yankovic helps curate a mix of some of the funniest songs of all time, from classics like Tom... more

It's a big week for fans of early aughts rock bands, with new releases from The Black Keys and Vampire... more

The release of Beyoncés Cowboy Carter has sparked a national conversation about who gets to sing country music and the... more

Our friends at Pop Culture Happy Hour dig into the highly anticipated Cowboy Carter and consider whether Beyoncé is knocking... more

We update our running list of the year's best songs with Charlotte Day Wilson's beguiling "Canopy," wry punk from Gustaf,... more

Shakira just released her first album in seven years, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, and most listeners and critics have... more

Beyoncé's breathlessly-anticipated Act II: Cowboy Carter is finally here, and NPR Music's Sheldon Pearce shares his initial reactions after staying... more

It's music to the rescue on this week's All Songs Considered, with a mix of songs to slow the blood,... more

NPR Music's Rodney Carmichael interviews the rap visionary about her new album, faking it until you make it and why... more

Though it isn't quite as packed with huge names as last week, we're digging through another robust assortment of terrific... more

The weather's heating up and so are the music releases. The hosts of Alt.Latino share their most quintessentially them picks,... more

We update our tally of the year's best contenders with the effervescent Bombay Bicycle Club, Residente's epic and profound "313,"... more

It feels like the first major springtime release week of 2024. Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen discuss the hotly awaited... more

World Cafe's Raina Douris joins NPR's Sheldon Pearce and host Robin Hilton to talk about the most anticipated albums out... more

A wave of springtime releases might be just around the corner, but the biggest albums out this week are keeping... more