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What record changed your life? NPR Music's Turning the Tables, which challenges sexism in the pop music canon, asked writers that question. Every week in March, we're diving into their answers.

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February's best new music includes a double album by Big Thief, Raveena's ambitious sophomore effort, Pusha T's old-school polish, Joyce DiDonato's wordless wondering and caroline's calming, crazy quilt of sound.

Featured Tracks And Artists:

1. Big Thief — Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Featured songs: "Spud Infinity" and "Dried Roses"
2. Raveena — Asha's Awakening
Featured song: "Mystery"
3. Pusha T, "Diet Coke"
4. Joyce DiDonato — EDEN
Featured song: "The Unanswered Question"
5. caroline — caroline
Featured song: "Dark blue"

Other notable releases for February:

• Hurray for the Riff Raff — LIFE ON EARTH
• Mitski -- Laurel Hell
• Erin Rae — Lighten Up
• Chris Farren — Death Don't Wait (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
• Los Bitchos — Let the Festivities Begin!
• Saba — Few Good Things

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Robert Glasper returns this week with Black Radio III, the latest in his ongoing fusion of jazz, rap, hip-hop and R&B. Other notable albums this week include new ones from SASMI, EARTHGANG and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Robert Glasper — Black Radio III
Featured Tracks: "Why We Speak" and "In Tune"
2. SASAMI — Squeeze
Featured Track: "Say It"
3. Sevdaliza — Raving Dahlia
Featured Track: "Everything Is Everything"
4. EARTHGANG — Ghetto Gods
Featured Track — "Amen"
5. Emily Wells — Regards to the End
Featured Tracks: "All Burn, No Bridge" and "David's Got A Problem"

Other notable releases for Feb. 25:
Aspidistrafly — Altar of Dreams
Avishai Cohen — Naked Truth
Avril Lavigne — Love Sux
Bambara — Love on My Mind
Basia Bulat — The Garden
caroline — caroline
Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few: "Lift Every Voice" (single)
King Hannah — I'm Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me
Superchunk — Wild Loneliness
Tears for Fears — The Tipping Point

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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks this week, including the "femmenoid" sounds of Sevdaliza, Tiny Desk contest winner Fantastic Negrito Porridge Radio and more.

Featured Tracks And Artists:
1. Porridge Radio: "Back To The Radio," From Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
2. Sevdaliza: "High Alone," From Raving Dahlia (EP)
3. Fantastic Negrito: "Highest Bidder," From White Jesus Black Problems
4. Daniel Rossen: "Unpeopled Space," From You Belong There
5. Roedelius & Story: "Nurzu," From 4 Hands
6. Charbonneau / Amato: "Évaporations," From Synth Works Vol. 2


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The week's best new music includes the deep grooves and heady soul of Khruangbin and Leon Bridges, an epic tale in sound from Beach House, the return of queer country pioneers Lavender Country and more.

Featured Albums
1. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges — Texas Moon
Featured songs: "B-Side" and "Doris"
2. Beach House — Once Twice Melody
Featured song: "Modern Love Stories"
3. Hurray for the Riff Raff — LIFE ON EARTH
Featured song: "POINTED AT THE SUN"
4. Kendra Morris — Nine Lives
Featured song: "Dry"
5. Lavender Country — Blackberry Rose
Featured song: "All Disillusions Behind"

Other notable releases for Feb. 18:
Anwar HighSign — Live N*gga Prophecy
Big K.R.I.T. — Digital Roses Don't Die
MAITA — I Just Want to Be Wild For You
Metronomy — Small World
Rokia Koné & Jacknife Lee — Bamanan
Sally Shapiro — Sad Cities
The Shout Out Louds — House
Shovels & Rope — Manticore
Tennyson — Rot

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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen and NPR Music editor Hazel Cills share their favorite new tracks of the week, including the soulful sounds of The Suffers, the frenetic electronica of Whatever The Weather and more.

Featured Artists And Songs:

1. Lady Dan: "Not In Love" (Single)
2. Maria BC: "The Only Thing," from Hyaline
3. Maylee Todd: "Show Me," from Maloo
4. Whatever The Weather: "17°C," from Whatever The Weather
5. S. Carey: "Break Me Open," from Break Me Open
6. Yungchen Lhamo: "Awakening," from Awakening
7. The Suffers: "How Do We Heal (ft. Bryce The Third and Son Little" (Single)

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NPR Music's picks for the week's best albums include Mary J. Blige's Good Morning Gorgeous, the sonic wonders of alt-j, spiritual guidance from Raveena, a new solo record from Eddie Vedder and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Mary J. Blige — Good Morning Gorgeous
Featured Track: "On Top"
2. alt-J — The Dream
Featured Track: "Bane"
3. Raveena — Asha's Awakening
Featured Tracks: "Kathy Left 4 Khatmandu" and "The Internet Is Like Eating Plastic"
4. Shamir — Heterosexuality
Featured Track: "Caught Up"
5. Eddie Vedder — Earthling
Featured Track: "Power of Right"

Other notable releases for Feb. 11:
Big Thief — Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
Buke and Gase & Rahrah Gabor — Buke and Gase & Rahrah Gabor
Claire Rousay & More Eaze — Never Stop Texting Me
Empath — Visitor
Frank Turner - FTHC
Joss Stone — Never Forget My Love
Moonchild — Starfruit
Priscilla Block — Welcome to the Block Party
Spoon — Lucifer on the Sofa
Trupa Trupa — B Flat A
Voivod — Synchro Anarchy
Zeal & Ardor — Zeal & Ardor


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In this special episode, our friends at the It's Been A Minute podcast talk with musician and filmmaker Questlove about the recently released soundtrack to his 2001 documentary Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised). Host Sam Sanders chats with Questlove about the long history of Black erasure and the memorable performances from The 5th Dimension, Stevie Wonder (playing the drums!), Mavis Staples, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone and many more.

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All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks of the week, including a collaboration between Madi Diaz and Waxahatchee, "Kissing Lessons" from Lucy Dacus and more.

Featured Artist and Songs:
1. Lucy Dacus: "Kissing Lessons" (Single)
2. Madi Diaz w/ Waxahatchee: "Resentment (New Feelings Version)" (Single)
3. illuminati hotties: "Sandwich Sharer" (Single)
4. Luna Li (ft. beabadoobee): "Silver Into Rain," from Duality
5. River Whyless: "Heaven and Light," from Monoflora
6. Norma Waterson: "Bright Shiny Morning," from Bright Shiny Morning

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NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include the final trap album from Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz, '80s-flavored pop from Mitski, Animal Collective's return to form and more.

Featured Albums:
1. 2 Chainz — Dope Don't Sell Itself
Featured tracks: "10 Bracelets" and "Million Dollars Worth Of Game"
2. Mitski — Laurel Hell
Featured track: "Stay Soft"
3. Animal Collective — Time Skiffs
Featured track: "Strung With Everything"
4. Saba — Few Good Things
Featured tracks: "Survivor's Guilt" and "2012"
5. Erin Rae — Lighten Up
Featured track: "California Belongs to You"

Other notable releases for Feb. 4:
Black Country, New Road — Ants From Up There
Cate Le Bon — Pompeii
Lord Kayso — More Chores
Los Bitchos — Let The Festivities Begin!
The Reds, Pinks and Purples — Summer at Land's End
Tank — R&B MONEY

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