All Songs Considered
853 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★ - 2.9K ratingsSince launching in 2000, All Songs Considered has been NPR's flagship program for music discovery, artist interviews and conversations with friends and fellow music lovers about the really big questions, like what was the best decade for music, are there albums everyone can agree on, and what do you put on when you need a good cry? Weekly, with host Robin Hilton and the NPR Music family.
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New Music Friday: The best albums out April 5
April 05, 2024 07:00 - 40 minutes - 74.7 MBIt's a big week for fans of early aughts rock bands, with new releases from The Black Keys and Vampire Weekend hitting streaming services. Kick back with NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and World Cafe host Raina Douris as they run through the new albums you need to know about. Featured albums: 1. The Black Keys, 'Ohio Players' 2. Vampire Weekend, 'Only God Was Above Us' 3. Katie Pruitt, 'Mantras' 4. Khruangbin, 'A La Sala' Other notable releases for April 5, 2024: • Phosphorescent, 'Revelator'...
Tracing the history of Latino artists making country music
April 04, 2024 07:00 - 37 minutes - 68 MBThe release of Beyoncés Cowboy Carter has sparked a national conversation about who gets to sing country music and the complex roots of the genre. Which got Alt.Latino thinking — what about the Latinos in country? This week, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras travel to Austin, Texas to speak with AmeriChicana musician Carrie Rodriguez about the difference between violin and fiddle, strings and "strangs," and who gets to play country music. Songs featured: •Carin Leon, Leon Bridges: "It Was ...
Everything you need to know about Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter'
April 03, 2024 07:00 - 34 minutes - 62.8 MBOur friends at Pop Culture Happy Hour dig into the highly anticipated Cowboy Carter and consider whether Beyoncé is knocking down the doors of the country establishment, or looking for validation. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
The Contenders Vol. 6: The songs we can't stop playing this week
April 02, 2024 07:00 - 44 minutes - 81.7 MBWe update our running list of the year's best songs with Charlotte Day Wilson's beguiling "Canopy," wry punk from Gustaf, a breathtaking new solo work from Adrianne Lenker and more. Featured artists and songs: 1. Gustaf: "Starting and Staring," from 'Package, Pt. 2' 2. Mustafa: "Imaan" (Single) 3. Adrianne Lenker: "No Machine," from 'Bright Future' 4. Charlotte Day Wilson: "Canopy," from 'Cyan Blue' 5. Gary Clark Jr.: "Maktub," from 'JPEG RAW' 6. Nourished by Time: "Hell of a Ride," from 'C...
What do we really want from Shakira?
March 30, 2024 07:00 - 23 minutes - 42.3 MBShakira just released her first album in seven years, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, and most listeners and critics have high praise. But this episode of Alt.Latino puts the record to the test. Felix Contreras, Anamaria Sayre and NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento talk about what makes a Shakira record a Shakira record, how pop artists reinvent themselves and loving your favorite artists even if you don't always love their music. Songs featured in this episode: •Shakira: "Puntería" •Shakira: "La Fu...
New Music Friday: The best albums out March 29
March 29, 2024 10:08 - 41 minutes - 76.3 MBBeyoncé's breathlessly-anticipated Act II: Cowboy Carter is finally here, and NPR Music's Sheldon Pearce shares his initial reactions after staying up late to listen to the album as soon as it hit streaming services. But Queen Bey isn't the only artist with a new album worthy of discovery and dissection this week, and Sheldon is joined by Ann Powers to talk about a handful of other albums that deserve celebration. Those include a pair of albums — by Reyna Tropical and Kelly Moran — shaped b...
Relax: Songs to calm the nerves
March 26, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 115 MBIt's music to the rescue on this week's All Songs Considered, with a mix of songs to slow the blood, including the one track scientists believe can reduce anxiety by up to 65%. Featured songs and artists: • Marconi Union: "Weightless" • Mary Lattimore: "Wawa by the Ocean" from 'Collected Pieces' • Van-Anh Nguyen and Noshika Masuda: "Spiegel im Spiegel" by Arvo Pärt • Brian McBride: "Girl Nap" from 'The Effective Disconnect' • Laraaji: "Meditation No. 1" from 'Day of Radiance' • Arooj Aftab:...
In conversation: Tierra Whack opens up
March 23, 2024 07:00 - 56 minutes - 104 MBNPR Music's Rodney Carmichael interviews the rap visionary about her new album, faking it until you make it and why success can breed suicidal thoughts. If you or someone you know may be considering suicide, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 9-8-8, or the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
New Music Friday: The best albums out March 22
March 22, 2024 07:00 - 45 minutes - 82.6 MBThough it isn't quite as packed with huge names as last week, we're digging through another robust assortment of terrific albums. Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Stephen Thompson open by hailing Tigers Blood, the latest album from a singer-songwriter — Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee — who sounds more assured and potent than ever. Plus: inescapably catchy global pop from South African singer Tyla, genre-straddling roots music from Sierra Ferrell, indescribable electronic compositions from Jlin and mo...
Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Elsa y Elmar, Julieta Eugenio, Esteman and more
March 21, 2024 07:00 - 26 minutes - 49 MBThe weather's heating up and so are the music releases. The hosts of Alt.Latino share their most quintessentially them picks, with Latin jazz across the board from Felix and indie pop-rock bops from Ana. The two sit down to ping-pong favorite picks back and forth from different parts of the country — plus, Felix puts Ana's picks to an impromptu test. Featured tracks: Lara Project, "Extraños" Julieta Eugenio, "Breath I" Esteman, Villano Antillano, "Noches de Verano" Rodrigo Recabarren, Pab...
The Contenders, Vol. 5: Our running list of the year's best songs
March 19, 2024 07:00 - 55 minutes - 101 MBWe update our tally of the year's best contenders with the effervescent Bombay Bicycle Club, Residente's epic and profound "313," cellist Maya Beiser's take on Terry Riley's In C and more. Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre and NPR Music's Tom Huizenga join host Robin Hilton Featured Artists And Songs: 1. Bombay Bicycle Club: "Willow (feat. Lucy Rose)," from 'Fantasies' 2. Ela Taubert: "Como Paso" (single) 3. Jlin: "Sodalite (feat. Kronos Quartet)," from 'Akoma' 4. Maya Hawke: "Missing Out," from ...
New Music Friday: The best albums out March 15
March 15, 2024 07:00 - 58 minutes - 107 MBIt feels like the first major springtime release week of 2024. Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen discuss the hotly awaited album by Kacey Musgraves and the full-length debut by Tierra Whack, plus more. Featured albums: 1. Kacey Musgraves, Deeper Well 2. Tierra Whack, World Wide Whack 3. Justin Timberlake, Everything I Thought It Was 4. The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis Other notable releases for March 15 • Four Tet, Three • The Black Crowes, H...
Spring preview 2024
March 12, 2024 07:00 - 50 minutes - 93.2 MBWorld Cafe's Raina Douris joins NPR's Sheldon Pearce and host Robin Hilton to talk about the most anticipated albums out this spring, including new ones from Vampire Weekend, Waxahatchee, Portishead's Beth Gibbons and more. Featured artists, albums and songs: Reyna Tropical: "Conexión Ancestral" from 'Malegría,' out March 29 Yaya Bey: "Chasing the Bus" from 'Ten Fold,' out May 10 METZ: "Entwined (Street Light Buzz)" from 'Up On Gravity Hill,' out April 12 Vampire Weekend: "Gen X Cops" from '...
New Music Friday: The best albums out March 8
March 08, 2024 08:00 - 53 minutes - 98.3 MBA wave of springtime releases might be just around the corner, but the biggest albums out this week are keeping things cool in an enticing variety of ways. Ann Powers and Hazel Cills discuss what Jack Antonoff, Norah Jones, Moor Mother's Camae Ayewa and Kim Gordon have in common, besides a common release date. Featured albums: 1. Kim Gordon, The Collective 2. Bleachers, Bleachers 3. Norah Jones, Visions 4. Moor Mother, The Great Bailout Other notable releases for March 8: • Ariana Grande, E...
Sounds from Havana: A brief history of Cuban music
March 06, 2024 08:00 - 24 minutes - 44.6 MBAlt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras visited Cuba and give us an audio-rich tour of Havana. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
The Contenders, Vol. 4: Our running list of the year's best songs
March 05, 2024 08:00 - 46 minutes - 84.7 MBBrittany Luse, host of NPR's It's Been A Minute, joins NPR's Stephen Thompson and host Robin Hilton to update our running tally of songs that could end up on NPR Music's best-of-the-year lists. Featured Tracks: 1. Empress Of: "Feminine," from For Your Consideration 2. Rosie Tucker: "All My Exes Live In Vortexes," from UTOPIA NOW! 3. Patrick Watson: "Perfect Day" (Single) 4. Summer Banton: "Boyfriend" (Single) 5. Madi Diaz: "God Person," from Weird Faith 6. Friko: "Get Numb To It," from Wher...
New Music Friday: The best albums out March 1
March 01, 2024 12:03 - 46 minutes - 84.5 MBAnn Powers and Sheldon Pearce discuss Faye Webster's Underdressed at the Symphony and a handful of the week's other brand new albums on which a musician's personality seems to be embodied by their voice — even when the music is completely instrumental. Featured albums: 1. Faye Webster, Underdressed at the Symphony 2. ScHoolboy Q, Blue Lips 3. Julian Lage, Speak To Me 4. Sheer Mag, Playing Favorites Other notable releases for March 1: Paula Cole, Lo Jacob Collier, Djesse Vol. 4 Everything E...
Beck's 'Loser' at 30 and the golden age of slacker rock
February 27, 2024 08:00 - 59 minutes - 108 MBNothing on mainstream radio sounded like Beck's "Loser" when it dropped in 1994. Thirty years later, we explain why, look at its impact on the rise of slacker rock and how we still hear it today. With KEXP's Cheryl Waters, NPR's Stephen Thompson and host Robin Hilton. Beck tracks featured in this episode: From 'Mellow Gold': "Loser" "Truck Driving Neighbor Downstairs (Yellow Sweat)" "Beercan" "Black Hole" From 'Stereopathetic Soulmanure': "Satan Gave Me A Taco" "Rowboat" From 'One Foot ...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Feb. 23
February 23, 2024 08:00 - 51 minutes - 93.7 MBAnn Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen discuss Hurray for the Riff Raff's career-defining new album The Past Is Still Alive, along with a trio of other thrilling new releases that reveal the distinct strengths of the musicians behind them. Featured albums: 1. Hurray for the Riff Raff, The Past Is Still Alive 2. Erika de Casier, Still (released Wednesday, Feb. 21) 3. Real Estate, Daniel 4. Mary Timony, Untame The Tiger Other notable releases out Feb. 23: • Daymé Arocena, Alkemi • glaive, a bit of...
Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Residente, La Yegros and El Cuarteto de Nos
February 21, 2024 17:54 - 23 minutes - 42.8 MBFelix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre round up their favorite new music, including Southern Cone rock and cumbia, atmospheric vocals from the U.S. and even some delicate yet emotionally powerful music from the Catalan region of Spain. Featured songs: El Cuarteto de Nos: "Chivo Expiatorio (En Vivo)" Helado Negro: "Best For You and Me" La Yegros: "Bodas de Plumas" Lau Noah: "If a tree falls in love with a river" Daymé Arocena: "A Fuego Lento" (feat. Vicente García) Residente: "Ron En El Piso" Au...
The Contenders, Vol. 3: Our running list of the year's best songs
February 20, 2024 08:00 - 51 minutes - 94.6 MBHost Robin Hilton hangs with composer and artist Julia Holter and NPR's Lars Gotrich to gab about their favorite new music, including the calming sounds of Helado Negro, Daisy Rickman and more. Featured artists and songs: 1. Jessica Pratt: "Life Is" from 'Here In The Pitch' 2. Deerlady: "Masterpieces" from 'Greatest Hits' 3. Helado Negro: "Colores Del Mar" from 'Phasor' 4. Julia Holter: "Spinning" from 'Something in the Room She Moves' 5. Daisy Rickman: "Signpost to the Stars" from 'Howl' 6....
New Music Friday: 5 albums out Feb. 16, plus 'Rhapsody in Blue' still thrills at 100
February 16, 2024 12:02 - 1 hour - 126 MBNPR Music's Felix Contreras and WRTI's Nate Chinen run down new albums by Gaby Mareno, Les Amazones d'Afrique and more. Then, Nate Chinen is joined by NPR Music's Tom Huizenga to discuss the legacy and controversy around George Gershwin's masterpiece, "Rhapsody in Blue," which celebrated its centennial this week. Featured albums out Feb. 16: • Gaby Moreno, 'Dusk' • Mike McGinnis +9, 'Outing: Road Trip II' • Mike LeDonne and the Groover Quartet, 'Wonderful!' • Nathalie Joachim, 'Ki moun ou ye...
Mix messages: Listeners share the songs that say 'I've got a crush on you'
February 13, 2024 08:00 - 41 minutes - 75.3 MBWe asked listeners to tell us about a time they put a song on a mixtape or playlist to woo a crush. On this week's show, we share some of those songs ... and find out if they worked. Featured Songs: 1. Peter Gabriel: "In Your Eyes" 2. Depeche Mode: "Somebody" 3. Erykah Badu: "Kiss Me On My Neck" 4. Madness: "It Must Be Love" 5. Mirah: "Dreamboat" 6. Q-Tip: "Vivrant Thing" 7. The Kinks: "Tired of Waiting for You" 8. The Magnetic Fields: "I Don't Want To Get Over You" 9. The Modern Lovers: "...
New Music Friday: Brittany Howard and a new era of musical masters
February 09, 2024 08:00 - 56 minutes - 103 MBAnn Powers and Sheldon Pearce listen to the new albums out on Feb. 9 — including Brittany Howard's What Now — and find themselves wondering about the cultural value of virtuosity in 2024. Featured albums: 1. Brittany Howard, What Now 2. Joel Ross, nublues 3. Boldy James & Nicholas Craven, Penalty of Leadership (released Jan. 12) 4. Kali Malone, All Life Long 5. Sonic Youth, Walls Have Ears 6. Usher, Coming Home Other notable albums out Feb. 9: • Helado Negro, PHASOR • Chelsea Wolfe, She Rea...
The greatest Boleros of all-time
February 08, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes - 57.5 MBNothing captures the agony of love, loss, hope and redemption like the song form known across all of Latin America: the bolero. Last December, UNESCO declared the bolero "an intangible cultural heritage of humanity" and "an indispensable part of the Latin American sentimental song." And given that Valentine's Day is coming up, Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre did something special this week, in honor of this news: they asked some of their favorite artists and show listeners to share their ...
The Contenders, Vol. 2: Our running list of the year's best songs
February 06, 2024 08:00 - 49 minutes - 90.5 MBHost Robin Hilton hangs with NPR's Hazel Cills and Sheldon Pearce to geek out about the new Billy Joel, Kim Gordon, Shygirl, Nia Archives and more. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
A recap of the 2024 Grammys
February 05, 2024 15:42 - 29 minutes - 53.2 MBOur friends at NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour break down the major winners and highlights from the 2024 Grammy Awards. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
New Music Friday: What Were The Grammys Made For?
February 02, 2024 20:49 - 54 minutes - 99.2 MBAnn Powers, Sidney Madden and Stephen Thompson make predictions ahead of Sunday night's 66th annual Grammy Awards. Notable albums out Feb. 2: • The Last Dinner Party, Prelude to Ecstasy • J Mascis, What Do We Do Now • Kirin J Callinan, If I Could Sing • Lee Scratch Perry, King Perry • Paul McCartney & Wings, Band on the Run (Underdubbed Mixes) • The Paranoid Style, The Interrogator • Liquid Mike, Paul Bunyan's Slingshot • Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey, Compassion • Jenny Sturg...
Why we still love Green Day
January 30, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 128 MBWith Green Day's stellar new album, Saviors, the 20th anniversary of American Idiot and 30th anniversary of Dookie, NPR's Daoud Tyler-Ameen, Stephen Thompson and Robin Hilton look at the band's legacy. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
New Music Friday: The best albums out Jan. 26 (and why they deserve reviews)
January 26, 2024 23:01 - 1 hour - 122 MBThere's plenty about Wall of Eyes, the new album by the British rock trio The Smile, to remind you of Radiohead, the band with which The Smile shares Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood. But there's something about The Smile that resists feeling like Radiohead redux, and on this week's episode Ann Powers, Tom Huizenga and Sheldon Pearce get to the bottom of what makes Wall of Eyes so satisfying on its own terms. Plus: Discussion of a week's worth of great albums leads to a conversation about the ...
In Conversation: Ana Tijoux returns after a 10-year break
January 24, 2024 13:00 - 32 minutes - 58.9 MBIn this week's Alt.Latino episode, Chilean rapper and singer Ana Tijoux talks to hosts Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre about her new album, Vida, and why it took so long to return to the studio. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Why the Oscar-winning score for 'All Quiet On The Western Front' still gives chills
January 23, 2024 08:00 - 29 minutes - 53.7 MBWith the announcement of the 96th annual Oscar nominees, we're revisiting our conversation with Volker Bertelmann, who won the Academy Award for Best Original Score last year for All Quiet On The Western Front. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
New Music Friday: 21 Savage's 'American Dream'
January 19, 2024 21:09 - 46 minutes - 84.3 MBNPR Music's Sheldon Pearce, Rodney Carmichael and Sidney Madden dig into hip-hop superstar 21 Savage's new album, his notorious ICE arrest and what it means to capture the American dream. Noteworthy albums out January 19: - Sleater-Kinney, Little Rope - Green Day, Saviors - Eladio Carrión, Sol María - Ana Tijoux, Vida - Brittney Spencer, My Stupid Life - Mary Halvorson, Cloudward - Ethan Iverson, Technically Acceptable - glass beach, plastic death - ericdoa, DOA - Neck Deep, Neck Deep - Fred...
The Contenders, Vol. 1: Our running list of the year's best songs
January 16, 2024 08:00 - 49 minutes - 91.5 MBHost Robin Hilton hangs with NPR Music's Anamaria Sayre and Tom Huizenga to share their current musical obsessions, from the solo piano of Philip Glass to the garage punk of Sprints, Spain's super chill Club del Rio and more. Featured Artists And Songs: 1. Lavinia Meijer: "The Departure" from Winter 2. Xavi: "La Diabla (Single) 3. Faye Webster and Lil Yachty: "Lego Ring" from Underdressed at the Symphony 4. Philip Glass: "Opening," from Philip Glass Solo 5. Club del Rio: "Una Vida" (Single) ...
The songs we can't stop playing this week
January 16, 2024 08:00 - 49 minutes - 91.5 MBHost Robin Hilton hangs with NPR Music's Anamaria Sayre and Tom Huizenga to share their current musical obsessions, from the solo piano of Philip Glass to the garage punk of Sprints, Spain's super chill Club del Rio and more. Featured Artists And Songs: 1. Lavinia Meijer: "The Departure" from Winter 2. Xavi: "La Diabla (Single) 3. Faye Webster and Lil Yachty: "Lego Ring" from Underdressed at the Symphony 4. Philip Glass: "Opening," from Philip Glass Solo 5. Club del Rio: "Una Vida" (Single) ...
Setting our sights on the biggest music stories of the 2024
January 12, 2024 18:31 - 51 minutes - 94.7 MBTo ring in the new year, NPR Music's critics take over the latest episode of New Music Friday to offer predictions about the artists, genres and stories that might dominate conversations about music in 2024. Ann Powers, Rodney Carmichael and Nate Chinen join editor Jacob Ganz to discuss whether Usher's Super Bowl performance or Dua Lipa's new sound could launch these hardworking artists to new levels of ubiquity. Is it possible for either to one steal some of the spotlight that Beyoncé and ...
New Music From Alt.Latino
January 10, 2024 17:38 - 19 minutes - 35 MBHosts Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre share the latest new songs that live rent-free in their heads. Featured songs: Candeleros, "Le Quedan Dos" Cuco, "When The Day Comes To An End (DJ Sliink Remix)" Gaby Moreno, "Dance the Night Away" Ed Maverick, "Lagunas" Helado Negro, "I Just Want To Wake Up With You" Ana Tijoux, "Tania" Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
2024 Preview: The year's most anticipated albums
January 09, 2024 08:00 - 51 minutes - 93.5 MBWe take a spin through the albums we're most excited about for this year, including Sleater-Kinney, Brittany Howard, Hurray for the Riff Raff and more, plus a few rumored releases. Featured Albums: 1. Sleater-Kinney — Little Rope 2. The Smile — Wall of Eyes 3. Brittany Howard — What Now 4. Mary Timony — Untame the Tiger 5. Lee Scratch Perry — King Perry 6. Grandaddy — Blu Wav 7. Hurray for the Riff Raff — The Past Is Still Alive 8. serpentwithfeet — GRIP 9. Chelsea Wolfe — She Reaches Out To...
Viking's Choice goes back to the future
January 02, 2024 08:00 - 40 minutes - 75 MBOur resident Viking, Lars Gotrich, connects epic Japanese storytelling, soul-sampling powerviolence, ambient rap and beautiful noise through thematic webs of history and memory. Featured Artists and Albums: • Matmos: "Music or Noise?" from Return to Archive • PoiL Ueda: "Kokô part 2" from Yoshitsune • Mayssa Jallad: "Baynana" from Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels • Ruth Anderson & Annea Lockwood: "For Ruth" from Tête-à-tête • Zulu: "Lyfe Az a Shorty Shun B So Ruff" from A New Tomo...
Listeners share the songs that moved them the most in 2023
December 26, 2023 08:00 - 53 minutes - 97.6 MBWe asked listeners to tell us about a song they ugly cried to or just couldn't stop playing in 2023. On this episode, we share some of their picks and the stories behind them. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Alt.Latino's favorite music of 2023
December 20, 2023 13:33 - 41 minutes - 75.2 MBWhile 2022 may have been a year completely dominated by a certain sad summer reggaeton album, 2023 drew its power from a set of familiar sounds that took on new prominence: tubas, accordions and a whole lot of lively, sneakily danceable beats. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
The 2023 'All Songs Considered' holiday extravaganza
December 19, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 122 MBOur annual celebration of the season returns with a trip back to the snowy cabin in the woods where it all began, as we attempt once again to throw a holiday party for the ages. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Regional Goes Global, Part 3: How a magical Mexican town keeps banda tradition alive
December 15, 2023 08:00 - 27 minutes - 51.1 MBYou know all those tubas and brass instruments you hear behind your favorite regional Mexican hits? That's banda sinaloense and this week Alt.Latino wraps up the Regional Goes Global series with a visit to Sinaloa, Mexico, the birthplace of the genre. Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras visit the picturesque town Mocorito, a pueblo magico where tradition and pride in the musical heritage runs deep. That's the case even among members of the drug cartels, which are responsible for some of the c...
The best songs of 2023
December 12, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 132 MBNPR Music's Hazel Cills and Sheldon Pearce join Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre and host Robin Hilton to spin and discuss the best songs of the year, from Olivia Rodrigo, 100 gecs, Noname, J Noa and more. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Talking about the best albums of 2023
December 05, 2023 08:00 - 52 minutes - 96.2 MBIt's that time of year again. Over the next few weeks at NPR.org and here on the All Songs Considered podcast, we'll be sharing lists of and conversations about the best music of 2023. We're kicking things off with the standout albums of the year. Gathered on the show are NPR Music's three main critics: Rodney Carmichael, who writes about hip-hop and R&B; Nate Chinen of WRTI, who covers jazz and classical and Ann Powers, maven of pop, rock, folk, country and a little of everything else. Spe...
Regional Goes Global, Part 2: A band finds its voice amid a storm of controversy
November 29, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes - 60.9 MBFor the second episode of Alt.Latino's regional Mexican music series, hosts Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras interview the rising family band Yahritza y Su Esencia in its hometown of Yakima, Washington. The two discover that the U.S.-Mexico border looms large in this regional Mexican moment, especially for Yahritza y Su Esencia — not strictly because of the music's obvious Mexican roots, but also the ways in which the border can create an "us" and "them" dynamic. The band's struggles with m...
Guest DJ: Peter Gabriel
November 28, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes - 61.6 MBPeter Gabriel is back with I/O, his first studio album of all-new songs in more than 20 years. To mark the occasion, we're revisiting a conversation and guest DJ session we with did with the singer when he was touring for the 25th anniversary of his album So. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Thanksgiving edition: Songs about your family
November 21, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutes - 64.1 MBSure, there are lots of songs for Christmas and other holidays, but what about Thanksgiving? On this episode we share stories and songs that remind our listeners of time spent with families. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
New Music Friday: The best releases out on Nov. 17
November 17, 2023 08:00 - 18 minutes - 34.2 MBNPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include the pairing of 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne, drumless Daft Punk and more. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Regional Goes Global, Part 1: Finding Peso Pluma's music revolution in Nashville
November 15, 2023 12:14 - 33 minutes - 60.5 MBEarlier this year, Peso Pluma — a 24-year-old who grew up in between Guadalajara, Jalisco and San Antonio — became the first regional Mexican artist to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart. Something in the music industry was changing. Streaming numbers for regional Mexican shot up astronomically, as the musical stylings of banda and norteño made their way onto the Coachella main stage and burgeoning stars like Peso Pluma began to book their first U.S. tours in major markets. But what ...