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New Music Friday: The best albums out May 24

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New Music Friday: The best albums out May 24

May 24, 2024 • On our survey of the week's most exciting new albums, WRTI's Nate Chinen and NPR Music's Sheldon Pearce get all wrapped up in the amniotic embrace of a new album by a guru of the L.A. ambient-jazz scene.

New Music Friday: The best albums out May 24

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New Music Friday: The best releases out on Nov. 17

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New Music Friday: The best releases out on Nov. 17

November 17, 2023 • 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.

New Music Friday: The best releases out on Nov. 17

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New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out June 26

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New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out June 26

June 26, 2020 • This week's "best new albums" shortlist includes the genre-defying sounds of Arca, Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson's transporting improvisations, HAIM, sacred soul and more.

New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out June 26

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Review: Carlos Niño & Friends, 'Flutes, Echoes, It's All Happening!'

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Review: Carlos Niño & Friends, 'Flutes, Echoes, It's All Happening!'

April 14, 2016 • One of Los Angeles' beloved denizens of the soul/jazz/hip-hop underground invites the likes of Madlib and Kamasi Washington to join him in creating a moving ode to spirituality.