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," "Be Who You Are (feat. JID, NewJeans & Camilo)," "Uneasy (feat. Lil Wayne)"

2. Hozier — Unreal Unearth

Featured Songs: "Anything But," "De Selby (Part 1)," "Eat Your Young," "Butchered Tongue," "Who We Are"

3. Genesis Owusu — Struggler

Featured Songs: "Leaving The Light," "Stay Blessed," "Freak Boy," "That's Life (A Swamp)"

4. Rhiannon Giddens — You're the One

Featured Songs: "Way Over Yonder," "You Louisiana Man," "If You Don't Know How Sweet It Is"

5. Cautious Clay — KARPEH

Featured Songs: "Fishtown," "102 Years of Comedy (Intro)," "Karpehs Don't Flinch"

Lightning Round:

DeYarmond Edison — EPOCH

Quavo — Rocket Power

Reneé Rapp — Snow Angel

Talking Heads — Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition)

Other notable releases for Aug. 18:

Alana Springsteen — Twenty Something

Birdy — Portraits

Bobby Rush — All My Love For You

Fiddlehead — Death is Nothing To Us

Grace Potter — Mother Road

Margaret Glaspy — Echo The Diamond

Mick Jenkins — The Patience

Panda Bear, Sonic Boom & Adrian Sherwood — Reset In Dub

Russ — SANTIAGO

Shamir — Homo Anxietatem

Tash Sultana — Sugar EP.

Teddy Thompson — My Love of Country

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