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Hosts/nerds Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are your friendly music buddies with the week's best new music discoveries, including conversations with emerging artists, icons and more. Hear songs that can completely change your day, with humor, heart and (sometimes) a whole lot of noise. Directions for use: Morning commute, the gym, or alone time. (If rash persists, discontinue use.)

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Regional Goes Global, Part ...

11.29.2023

For the second episode of Alt.Latino's regional Mexican music series, hosts Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras interview the rising family band Yahritza y Su Esencia in its hometown of Yakima, Washington. The two discover that the U.S.-Mexico border looms large ...

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11.29.2023 Regional Goes Global, Part 2: A band finds its voice amid a storm of controversy For the second episode of Alt.Latino's regional Mexican music series, hosts Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras interview the rising family band Yahritza y Su Esencia in its hometown of Yakima, Washington. The two discover that the U.S.-Mexico border looms large ...
11.28.2023 Guest DJ: Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel is back with I/O, his first studio album of all-new songs in more than 20 years. To mark the occasion, we're revisiting a conversation and guest DJ session we with did with the singer when he was touring ...
11.21.2023 Thanksgiving edition: Songs about your family Sure, there are lots of songs for Christmas and other holidays, but what about Thanksgiving? On this episode we share stories and songs that remind our listeners of time spent with families.
11.17.2023 New Music Friday: The best releases out on Nov. 17 NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include the pairing of 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne, drumless Daft Punk and more.
11.15.2023 Regional Goes Global, Part 1: Finding Peso Pluma's music revolution in Nashville Earlier this year, Peso Pluma — a 24-year-old who grew up in between Guadalajara, Jalisco and San Antonio — became the first regional Mexican artist to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart. Something in the music industry ...
11.14.2023 Exclusive: André 3000 reveals why his new solo album has no bars — and no boundaries For the first time in nearly two decades, André 3000 is releasing an album of new music. New Blue Sun, set to be released this Friday, Nov. 17, is a stunning 87-minute mind-bender, minimalist and experimental, tribal and transcendent. One ...
11.13.2023 What we learned from our parents' record collections The holiday season is a time for reflection — so, we're reflecting on music, with stories and memories from listeners who recall what they first discovered from their parents' record collections.
11.10.2023 New Music Friday: The best releases out on Nov. 10 The week's best albums include the gothic Heaven Knows from PinkPantheress, a meticulously recreated — and legendary — Bob Dylan concert from Cat Power, Mon LaFerte's seductive Autopoiética and more. Featured Albums: 1. PinkPantheress — Heaven Knows Featured Songs: "Another ...
11.07.2023 How AI helped The Beatles do the impossible Mind-blowing AI tools made it possible for The Beatles to release what they're calling their last song, "Now And Then." To mark the occasion, we're revisiting a conversation with producer Giles Martin, who used the same AI to remix the ...
11.03.2023 New Music Friday: The best releases out on Nov. 3 The week's best albums include rapper and singer Tkay Maidza's menacing yet beautiful Sweet Justice, the ever-shifting jazz rock of Sen Morimoto's Diagnosis, Actress' spellbinding LXXXVIII and more. Featured Albums: 1. Tkay Maidza — Sweet Justice Featured Songs: "WUACV," "Ring-A-Ling," ...
10.31.2023 Tunes that got you through your teens We asked listeners to send us stories about a time when music came to the rescue, particularly when they were growing up. On this episode we share some of those stories, along with the music they say helped them get ...
10.27.2023 New Music Friday: The best releases out on Oct. 27 NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include the long-awaited sophomore full-length from Black Pumas, Peruvian electronic artist Sofia Kourtesis, The Mountain Goats and more. Featured Albums: 1. Black Pumas — Chronicles of a Diamond Featured Songs: ...
10.24.2023 Tunes that terrify With Halloween coming up we thought we'd revisit an episode featuring songs that rattle the nerves, from Bernard Herman, Iron Maiden and yes, Sufjan Stevens, plus a whole lot more.
10.21.2023 In conversation: Maluma on becoming a dad, hustling across genres and reggaeton's rise The Colombian singer Maluma has a lot to be excited about these days — a world tour, a new album and a shot at exploring a different part of his humanity: being a parent. The artist has often felt a ...
10.20.2023 New Music Friday: The best releases out on Oct. 20 NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include U.K. singer-songwriter Sampha, a Rolling Stones comeback and more. Featured Albums: 1. Sampha — LAHAI Featured Songs: "Dancing Circles," "Stereo Colour Cloud (Shaman's Dream)," "What If You Hypnotise Me ...
10.17.2023 Songs we should retire With the retirement of longtime All Songs host Bob Boilen, we're looking back and sharing some of our favorite episodes from over the years. This week we've got songs we should retire — songs that are undeniably great, that we ...
10.13.2023 New Music Friday: The best releases out Oct. 13 NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include Australian pop star Troye Sivan, singer-songwriter Jamila Woods and more.
10.10.2023 Songs that make you cry With Bob Boilen retiring, we're taking time to remember some of our favorite episodes from over the years, including this one about the songs that make you cry, featuring stories from listeners about the music that moves them and why.
10.06.2023 New Music Friday: The best releases out Oct. 6 NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include the rapper Earl Sweatshirt, the return of Sufjan Stevens and more. 1. Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist — Voir Dire Featured Song: "27 Braids" 2. Sufjan Stevens — Javelin ...
10.02.2023 Bob Boilen's farewell show: Songs that say 'goodbye' Twenty three years after creating and hosting All Songs Considered, Bob Boilen is retiring. But before he goes, we've got a special send-off, featuring a surprise guest list of his favorite artists. You'll hear from Brian Eno, Sharon Van Etten, ...
09.29.2023 New Music Friday: The best releases out Sept. 29 The best albums out now include singer Jorja Smith's soaring but solitary full-length Falling or Flying, an inspired, messy affair from Cherry Glazerr, Becky G's ode to Mexican Regional and more. Featured Albums: 1. Jorja Smith — Falling or Flying ...
09.27.2023 Why the Mexican American pop star Becky G always identifies as '200%' Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras sit down with Becky G, right after her forthcoming Tiny Desk performance, to talk about the cultural mash-up of her music, her philosophy for working with women in the industry and representing her Mexican ...
09.26.2023 New Mix: Olivia Rodrigo, Sufjan Stevens, Katie Von Schleicher, more NPR Music's Hazel Cills and Marissa Lorusso join host Bob Boilen to share their favorite new tracks. Featured Artists And Songs: 1. Katy Kirby: "Cubic Zirconia" (Single) 2. Daneshevskaya: "Somewhere In the Middle," from Long Is the Tunnel 3. Olivia ...
09.22.2023 New Music Friday: The best releases out Sept. 22 NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include Doja Cat's Scarlet, Kylie Minogue's Tension, yeule's genre-hopping softscars and more. Featured Albums: 1. Doja Cat — Scarlet Featured Songs: "Demons," "97," "Go Off," "Often" 2. Mykki Blanco — ...
09.20.2023 AltLatino dissects the Latin Grammy noms, from snubs to love Anamaria Sayre, Felix Contreras and producer Isabella Gomez Sarmiento sit down to talk some real chisme this week — a special episode dedicated to the Latin Grammy nominations. Was there really a regional snub and what does it say about ...
09.19.2023 Viking's Choice: MxPx, Daniel Bachman, Matana Roberts, more Bob Boilen will retire from NPR on Oct. 2, and he decided to spend one of his final episodes hosting All Songs Considered with NPR Music's resident Viking, Lars Gotrich, for a mix of pop punk, meticulously cut-up banjo drone, ...
09.15.2023 New Music Friday: The best releases out on Sept. 15 NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include Corinne Bailey Rae's Black Rainbows, Mitski's The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We, a stunning debut from Ralphie Choo and more. Featured Albums: 1. Corinne Bailey Rae — ...
09.13.2023 A preview of this year's 'El Tiny' lineup This week, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras preview the artists coming to play Tiny Desk performances for their 'El Tiny' takeover, including indie explosion Kali Uchis returning home to Colombian beats, pop star Becky G debuting some Mexican regional soul ...
09.12.2023 Nirvana's 'In Utero' at 30 Thirty years ago this month, Nirvana released what would be its third and final album, In Utero. To mark the milestone, we revisit our 2013 conversation with surviving members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic (for what was then In Utero's ...
09.08.2023 New Music Friday: The best releases out on Sept. 8 The best albums out this week include Olivia Rodrigo's GUTS, James Blake's Playing Robots Into Heaven, Yussef Dayes' Black Classical Music and more. Featured Albums: 1. Olivia Rodrigo — GUTS Featured Songs: "get him back!" "all-american bitch," "ballad of a ...
09.01.2023 New Music Friday: The best releases out on Sept. 1 NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include the jagged indie-rock of Rabbit Rabbit from Speedy Ortiz, hip-hop royalty Illa J's No Traffic and more. Featured Albums: 1. Speedy Ortiz — Rabbit Rabbit Featured Songs: "Ghostwriter," "Ballad ...
08.29.2023 A lot of songs about ice cream As summer break comes to a close for many and students head back to school, we take a moment to celebrate one of the season's greatest joys: ice cream. It turns out there are a lot of songs about this ...
08.25.2023 New Music Friday: The best releases out on Aug. 25 NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include global sensation Burna Boy, rising R&B star Victoria Monét and more.
08.23.2023 The hip-hop verse that changed my life From our friends at Pop Culture Happy Hour: What makes for an unshakable rap verse — the kind that shifts your world view and sticks around years after the first time you encountered it? This month marks 50 years since ...
08.22.2023 A conversation with Paul Simon Singer Paul Simon surprised fans earlier this year by releasing Seven Psalms, his first album since 2018. It was surprising not because so much time had passed, but because he had originally said his previous album, In the Blue Light, ...
08.18.2023 New Music Friday: The best releases out on Aug. 18 NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include new releases from Jon Batiste, Hozier, Rhiannon Giddens, Cautious Clay and more. Featured Albums: 1. Jon Batiste — World Music Radio Featured Songs: "BOOM FOR REAL," "Hello, Billy Bob," ...
08.16.2023 Alt.Latino's Best New Music Round-Up: DannyLux, Kali Uchis and Dario Acosta Teich This week, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras round up their favorite music from the last few months, including Mexican bedroom pop from Bratty, jazz from Argentinian composer Dario Acosta Teich, a new song from rising regional star DannyLux and more. ...
08.15.2023 A conversation with Robbie Robertson Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter for The Band, died Aug. 9 at the age of 80. For this remembrance, we're sharing an encore presentation of a conversation Robertson had with All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen in 2018, on the ...
08.11.2023 New Music Friday: The best releases out on Aug. 11 NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include Noname's long-awaited Sundial, Karol G's Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season), a long-lost Neil Young release and more. Featured Albums: 1. Noname — Sundial Featured Songs: "Oblivion (feat. Atyoni & ...
08.10.2023 Hip-hop is 50. Its formula for global domination? Staying local When DJ Kool Herc spun records at a small party in the Bronx in August of 1973, no one would have predicted his unique style would give birth to the most influential and dominant music in the world: hip-hop. In ...
08.08.2023 Encore: How Son Lux scored 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' This week, Son Lux returns with Alternate Forms, the band's first new album since releasing its beloved score to the film Everything Everywhere All At Once. To mark the occasion, we're sharing an encore presentation of our interview with Son ...
08.02.2023 In conversation: Athlete-turned-rapper Eladio Carrión on the fine art of practice Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre sit down with the Puerto Rican hip-hop artist Eladio Carrión to discuss what drives him, learning Spanish through music and how he's changing the game of Latin rap. Audio for this episode of 'Alt.Latino' was ...
08.01.2023 New Mix: Mitski, Irreversible Entanglements, Sally Anne Morgan, more NPR Music's Lars Gotrich joins All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen to share their favorite new tracks of the week. Featured Songs And Artists: 1. Meurtrières: "Ronde De Nuit," from Ronde De Nuit 2. Sally Anne Morgan: "Awake," from Carrying 3. ...
07.28.2023 New Music Friday: The best releases out on July 28 The best albums out this week include new ones from Post Malone, Carly Rae Jepsen, composer and singer Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Joni Mitchell's surprise performance at Newport last year and more. Featured Albums: 1. Post Malone — AUSTIN Featured Songs: "Texas ...
07.25.2023 New Mix: Big Thief, Squirrel Flower, more NPR Music's Hazel Cills and critic Marissa Lorusso join All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen to share their favorite new tracks of the week. Featured Artists And Songs: 1. Mary Jane Dunphe: "Stage of Love," from Stage of Love 2. Squirrel ...
07.21.2023 New Music Friday: The best releases out on July 21 K-Pop convention-breakers NewJeans drop their second EP this week, along with new ones from Andrew Bird, Fatboi Sharif, the super-stacked Barbie soundtrack, a rare Nina Simone recording and more. Featured Albums: 1. New Jeans — Get Up Featured Songs: "ETA," ...
07.19.2023 In conversation: How YEИDRY uses music to bridge worlds Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre speaks with YEИDRY, the Dominican-born, Italian-raised singer about using music as a tool to marry her two worlds. Audio for this episode of 'Alt.Latino' was edited and mixed by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento. Our show editor is Hazel ...
07.18.2023 New Mix: Courtney Barnett, Grandaddy, Lowland Hum, more All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen shares his favorite discoveries of the week. Featured Artists And Songs: 1. Grandaddy: "The Town where I'm Livin Now," from Sumday: Excess Baggage 2. Liza Anne: "Rainbow Sweater," from (Single) 3. Courtney Barnett & Stella ...
07.14.2023 New Music Friday: The best releases out on July 14 The best albums out this week include Beautiful and Brutal Yard from rapper J Hus, the ragged rock of Palehound, vivid reflections on life in your 20s from country singer Alana Springsteen and more. Featured Albums: 1. Kool & The ...
07.11.2023 New Mix: Margo Price, Palehound, Talking Heads (Live), more All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks of the week. Featured Artists And Songs: 1. Palehound: "Independence Day," from Eye on the Bat 2. Talking Heads: "Cities (Live)," from Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition) [Live] 3. Margo ...

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