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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks of the week, including the return of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus as boygenius, The National and more.

Featured Songs and Artists:
1. boygenius: "$20," from the record
2. The National: "Tropic Morning News," from First Two Pages of Frankenstein
3. Niklas Paschburg & lùisa: "Darkside of the Hill," from Panta Rhei
4. Miss Grit: "Lain (phone clone)," from Follow the Cyborg
5. Baaba Maal: "Agreement," from Being
6. The Hackles: "Damn the word," from What a beautiful thing I have made


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Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre sits down with Fabi Reyna of Reyna Tropical to talk about the process of trusting yourself, how music saved her life and moving forward after losing her creative collaborator Sumohair.

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New music from Peter Gabriel's first album of all new songs in 20 years. Also, Daughter has their first album of all new songs; it's been seven years for them. Plus, a heavy beat from Vagabon, wisdom from Steady Holiday and more.

Featured Artists and Songs:
1. Peter Gabriel: "Panopticom," from i/o
2. Daughter: "Be On Your Way," from Stereo Mind Game
3. Vagabon: "Carpenter," (Single)
4. Steady Holiday: "The Balance," from Newfound Oxygen
5. Gina Birch: "I Play My Bass Loud," from I Play My Bass Loud
6. The Trials of Cato: "Aberdaron," from Gog Magog

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The week's best new albums include a genre-spanning masterpiece from singer Margo Price, a tribute to the '80s from Seven Davis Jr., Belle and Sebastian, jazz trumpeter Derrick Gardner and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Margo Price — Strays
Featured Songs: "Light Me Up," "Time Machine," "Radio," "Anytime You Call"
2. Seven Davis Jr. — savedbythebell
Featured Songs: "zero press," "wendy & lisa," "savedbythebell"
3. poolblood — mole
Featured Songs: "my little room," "wfy," "beam"
4. Belle & Sebastian — Late Developers
Featured Songs: "So In the Moment," "When You're Not With Me," "Late Developers"
5. Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets — Pan Africa
Featured Songs: "The Sixth Village," "Djemba Kan," "Highlife Suite"

Lightning Round:
Jamee Cornelia — Art School Dropout
Joesef — Permanent Damage
Lusillón — Pensando mucho y mal
Obituary — Dying of Everything
Whitehorse — I'm Not Crying, You're Crying

Other notable releases for Jan. 13:
BabyTron — Bin Reaper 3: New Testament
Declaime & Madlib — In the Beginning Vol. 3
Gaz Coombes — Turn the Car Around
Julia Wolf — Good Thing We Stayed
Lincoln — Everything Is Wrong
Skyzoo — The Mind of a Saint
Stile Antico — The Golden Renaissance: William Byrd


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NPR Music's Hazel Cills and Marissa Lorusso join host Bob Boilen to share their favorite new tracks of the week, including the jagged sounds of Dublin's M(h)aol, former jazz prodigy and singer Kate Davis and more.

Featured Artists and Songs:
1. Decisive Pink: "Haffmilch Holiday" (Single)
2. Artist: "Friendship Is Frequency," from Mind Palace Music
3. Kate Davis: "Consequences," from Fish Bowl
4. Fievel Is Glauque: "Days of Pleasure," from Flaming Swords
5. Rozi Plain: "Help," from Prize
6. M(h)aol: "THERAPY," from Attachment Styles


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For Glass Onion, composer Nathan Johnson had to navigate and illuminate the film's conflicting range of emotions. He found endless possibilities within an orchestra.

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Can you hear the cha-cha-cha in The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"? Or the mambo in Ray Charles' "What'd I Say"? This week, our friends at Alt.Latino take a closer look at the Cuban roots of rock and roll.

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Since her death in 1995, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez' legacy has spread far beyond her Tejano music roots. This week, Alt.Latino revisits a classic episode and explores how Selena became a powerful symbol of Latina identity.

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On this year-end episode, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich takes host Bob Boilen around the globe to experience Vietnamese ambient, Chilean speed metal and auto-tune'd Ghanaian gospel music.

Featured Tracks and Artists:

• BKO: "Sadiona" from Djine Bora
• Cheba Wahida: "Jrouli Jrouli" from Jrouli
• Sơn FM: "Go Into the Mountains" from Points of Light (ST​๐​๐​๗​)
• Switchblade: "夜に踊る" from Blue Matter
• Romperayo: "El Borracho" from Así No Se Puede Muchaches
• La Colonie de Vacances: "L'amour universel" from ECHT
• No Home: "Emerald Green Mirror" from Young Professional
• Vórtize: "Mundo Bipolar" from ¡Tienes Que Luchar!
• Linda Ayupuka: "Yine Faamam" from God Created Everything

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In 2018, Steve Martin, John Legend, William Shatner and more joined Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton for All Songs Considered's annual holiday extravaganza, which unfolded like a bad high school play.

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