Our concert picks include Nick Lowe at the Belly Up, the Immanuel Wilkins Quartet: at the Athenaeum, Vivien Goldman and Barry Reynolds at Soda Bar, and Olli Soikkeli  & Cesar Garabini at Paper Moon.

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Paste is the place to kick off each and every New Music Friday. We follow our regular roundups of the best new songs by highlighting the most compelling new records you need to hear. Find the best new ...

We all have a favorite album that we can listen to from start to finish with zero skips. That type of listening experience is unlike any other, and it takes a special artist/band to pull off that ...

Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

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Bruno Mars has spent so much time collaborating with other artists, it will take a minute to remember his last solo hit. That is, of course, excluding the first single from his new album, "The ...

Paste is the place to kick off each and every New Music Friday. We follow our regular roundups of the best new songs by highlighting the most compelling new records you need to hear. Find the best new ...

Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...