Lady Gaga. Jason Isbell. Newcomer Annie DiRusso. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Celia Gregory from Nashville public radio station WNXP to discuss these records and much more.

Featured albums:

• Annie DiRusso, 'Super Pedestrian' (Stream)

• Jason Isbell, 'Foxes in the Snow' (Stream)

• Sasami, 'Blood on the Silver Screen' (Stream)

• Divorce, 'Drive To Goldenhammer' (Stream)

• ASTROPICAL (Bomba Estéreo + Rawayana), 'ASTROPICAL' (Stream)

Read our feature on 'ASTROPICAL' here.

Check out our long list of albums out March 7 and stream our New Music Friday playlist at npr.org/music.

Credits:

• Host: Stephen Thompson
• Guest: Celia Gregory, WNXP
• Producer: Simon Rentner
• Editor: Otis Hart
• Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
• Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins

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This week Alt.Latino hosts Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre balance their passion for new discoveries with reissued music from an iconic Latin American songwriter.

Featured artists and songs:

• Ezra Collective, "Body Language" (feat. Sasha Keable)

• Patti LaBelle, "Teach me Tonight (Me Gusta Tu Baile)"

• Teri Gender Bender, "SANAR"

• Kevin Kaarl, "recuérdame x siempre"

• Violeta Parra, "Cantores Que Reflexionan"

• Ben Aler, "Honest"

• Jose Luiz Martins, "Cravo e Canela"

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As we celebrate a quarter century of music nerdom and buffoonery, we remember the songs that shaped the show and our lives, with 25 No. 1 tracks from our first 25 years (and whatever else we can manage to recall).

We aren't going to ruin the fun with a tracklist — listen along as All Songs Considered host Robin Hilton and New Music Friday's Stephen Thompson try to guess each other's favorite cuts.

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Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: [email protected]

Hear new songs from past episodes in the All Songs Considered playlists in Apple Music and Spotify.


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Animal Collective's Panda Bear. Nicolás Jaar's DARKSIDE. Newcomer Hope Tala. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson discusses these albums and more with KCRW's Travis Holcombe.

Featured albums:

• Panda Bear, 'Sinister Grift'

• Mdou Moctar, 'Tears of Injustice'

• DARKSIDE, 'Nothing'

• Hope Tala, 'Hope Handwritten'

• Marie Davidson, 'City of Clowns'

Check out the longer list of albums out Feb. 28 and stream our New Music Friday playlist at npr.org/music.

Credits:

• Host: Stephen Thompson
• Guest: Travis Holcombe, KCRW
• Producer: Simon Rentner
• Editor: Otis Hart
• Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
• Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins


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Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras speaks with Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican saxophonist Miguel Zenón about the Afro-Latino legacy on the island.

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We update our running list of the year's best songs with the cinematic pop of Oklou, Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir, the experimental hip-hop group clipping. and more.

Featured artists and songs:
1. Oklou: "family and friends," from 'choke enough'
2. Anna Thorvaldsdottir: "Part V" and "Part VIII," from 'UBIQUE'
3. clipping.: "Keep Pushing," from 'Dead Channel Sky'
4. Sandbox Percussion: "Don't Look Down," from 'Cerrone: Don't Look Down'
5. Lucrecia Dalt: "cosa rara (feat. David Sylvian)" (single)
6. Anouar Brahem: "The Eternal Olive Tree," from 'After the Last Sky'

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Sam Fender. The Drive-By Truckers' Patterson Hood. Jesse Welles. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson discussed these new albums and more with country star Kathy Mattea, who hosts NPR's weekly show 'Mountain Stage.'

Featured albums:

• Sam Fender, 'People Watching'

• Patterson Hood (of Drive-By Truckers), Exploding Trees & Airplane Scream

• Jesse Welles, 'Middle'

• Sunny War, 'Armageddon In A Summer Dress'

• Saya Gray, 'SAYA'

Check out the long list of albums out Feb. 21 and stream our New Music Friday playlist at npr.org/music.

Credits:

• Host: Stephen Thompson

• Guest: Kathy Mattea, Mountain Stage

• Producer: Simon Rentner

• Editor: Otis Hart

• Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed

• Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins

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With Oscar season here, we review the nominees for Original Song and Original Score, prognosticate who will win the statues on March 2, and look at the Academy's biggest snubs.

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Bartees Strange. Denison Witmer. The Sun Ra Arkestra's Marshall Allen. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Nate Chinen of Philadelphia's WRTI to discuss the best new releases out on Valentine's Day.

Featured albums:

• Bartees Strange, 'Horror'

• Denison Witmer, 'Anything At All'

• Marshall Allen, 'New Dawn'

• Sullivan Fortner, 'Southern Nights'

• John Patitucci, 'Spirit Fall'

Check out our longer list of albums out Feb. 14 and stream our New Music Friday playlist at npr.org/music.

Credits:

• Host: Stephen Thompson
• Guest: Nate Chinen (WRTI)
• Producer: Simon Rentner
• Editor: Otis Hart
• Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
• Vice President, Music & Visuals: Keith Jenkins


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'Alt.Latino' hosts Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre are back with six new songs that span the spectrum of Latinidad.

Featured artists and songs:

• Christian Nodal, "A Solas con la Botella"

• Las Trompas de Falopium, "JARRE"

• pablopablo, Carín León & Ralphie Choo, "Eso Que Tú Llamas Amor"

• The Mexican Standoff & Flaco Jimenez, "Tu Dirás" (feat. Los Texmaniacs)

• Amaia, "C'est La Vie"

• Angie K, "Red Dirt on Mars"

Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Simon Rentner. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.

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