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All Songs Considered
Since 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...
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Interview: Kacey Musgraves on her new album, 'Middle of Nowhere'
Earlier this week, country superstar Kacey Musgraves announced her sixth album, Middle of Nowhere, which will be released on May 1. Since her Grammy-w...
New Music Friday: The best albums out March 13
James Blake. Kim Gordon. Sturgill Simpson's country-funk alter ego. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson chats with Amelia Mason from WBUR in Boston about the...
Alt.Latino: If the singer falls silent, life falls silent: Female power anthems
International Women's Day is more than a perfunctory holiday in many parts of Latin America. In Mexico City, for example, more than 120,000 people tur...
All Songs Considered: Cruelly ranking the 'Best Original Song' Oscar nominees
Will this finally be Diane Warren’s year at the Oscars, when she goes up against “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters and “I Lied to You” from Sinners? (P...
New Music Friday: The best albums out March 6
Flying Lotus. waterbaby. The groovy affirmations of Joshua Idehen. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson chats with Nate Chinen from WRTI in Philadelphia about...
Alt.Latino: From church basement to salsa immortality: Remembering Willie Colón
On Feb. 21, the musical world lost a legend and pioneer of salsa: Willie Colón.
The trombonist, songwriter, producer and arranger was a k...
All Songs Considered: Even more songs to calm the nerves
Our third installment of calming songs includes Max Richter’s tribute to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ambient sounds from Ryuichi Sakamo...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Feb. 27
Bruno Mars. Mitski. Grief and celebration from Gorillaz. Robin Hilton welcomes Raina Douris from WXPN in Philadelphia to chat about their favorite alb...
Alt.Latino: Chicano soul, Canary Islands merengue and a percussion supergroup
This week on Alt.Latino, it's another new music episode with a global panorama: Canary Islands merengue, Chicano soul, Afro-Brazilian roots and more....
All Songs Considered: U2 meets the moment, Lana Del Rey goes 'True Detective,' James Blake croons
This week on All Songs Considered: U2 surprise-dropped a new EP that opens with a scorching critique of the government crackdown on immigration; Lana...
Special announcement
Host Robin Hilton shares an update about some cosmetic changes coming to the 'All Songs Considered' podcast feed.
To manage podcast ad pr...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Feb. 20
WILLOW. Altin Gün. Fugazi alumni smashing punk into jazz. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson is joined by Evan Miller from WYSO in Yellow Springs, Ohio to c...
Alt.Latino: A Brazilian summer and a lost Mexican masterpiece
So, I was away for a bit and the new music just piled up during the holidays, and while we were watching Bad Bunny make headlines at the Grammys and t...
Andrew Bird on ‘The Pitt,’ Gia Margaret and more of the best new songs
If you watch HBO’s The Pitt, you might have heard the gorgeous new song called “Need Someone” that Andrew Bird wrote for a recent episode. We’ve got t...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Feb. 13
August Ponthier. Brent Faiyaz. Jill Scott's first album in more than a decade. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson is joined by Nastia Voynovskaya from KQED...
Alt.Latino: Puerto Rico takes the field at the Bad Bunny Super Bowl
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was many things: a time-traveling journey through the history of Puerto Rico, a statement of pan-American unity,...
Why everyone is still talking about Geese
With the arrival of the Geese Tiny Desk, we thought we’d try to break down what it is about this band that has made them one of the most talked about...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Feb. 6
Ratboys. Beverly Glenn-Copeland. Caribou's club alter-ego. Stephen Thompson from NPR Music chats with Erin Wolf from Radio Milwaukee about their favor...
Alt.Latino: Bad Bunny makes history at the Grammys. Up next, the Super BBowl
Last Sunday, Bad Bunny's DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS became the first exclusively Spanish language album to win album of the year at the Grammys. This coming...
Beck, Asher White, Friko and more of the week’s best new songs
The Beck rarity “Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime” has officially hit streaming services and we can’t get enough of it. We’ve also got new (not-yet-an...
Recapping a historic Grammys night
Enjoy Pop Culture Happy Hour's late-night recap of the 2026 Grammy Awards, featuring NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Hazel Cills, as well as pop cult...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Jan. 30
Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon. Emily Scott Robinson. Blood harmonies from Irish brothers Ye Vagabonds. Stephen Thompson from NPR Music chats with Dre Castillo...
Alt.Latino: Venezuelan producer Ella Bric spins songs with a 'teardrop of optimism'
This month Alt.Latino's been looking at the music of Venezuela from a lot of different angles. For this episode, we’ve invited trumpet player and prod...
Best new songs: Mitski, Father John Misty, Kim Gordon, more
This week we're obsessing over the hilarious and harrowing “Where’s My Phone?” from Mitski, a slightly softer solo cut from Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon,...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Jan. 23
Lucinda Williams. Julian Lage. The debut from rising Americana star Kashus Culpepper. Stephen Thompson from NPR Music chats with Jessie Scott from WMO...
Alt.Latino: Rawayana on their new album and a changing Venezuela
Sometimes life imitates art - or at least the two can seem eerily connected. On Jan. 1, the Venezuelan band Rawayana released a new album, '¿Dónde Es...
What are the greatest videos of MTV’s golden era?
Reports from late last year about the demise of MTV were overstated; but it got us thinking about the network’s legacy and most memorable moments. So,...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Jan. 16
Ya Tseen. The Sha La Das. A mesmerizing collaboration between Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore. Stephen Thompson from NPR Music is joined by Alex N...
Alt.Latino: Our Love Letter to Bob Weir
Over the weekend, we lost a musician who shaped the lives of countless people: the late, great Bob Weir. He was a founding member of the Grateful Dead...
Big Thief’s Buck Meek, Joji and more of the week's best songs
NPR’s classical critic Tom Huizenga joins host Robin Hilton for our first spin of the best songs we’re hearing in 2026, including new ones from Big Th...
New Music Friday: The best albums out Jan. 9
Dry Cleaning. Jenny on Holiday. An introspective debut from Mon Rovîa. Stephen Thompson from NPR Music is joined by Celia Gregory from WNXP in Nashvil...
Alt.Latino: Music as protest in Venezuela
Venezuela has a deep tradition of reflecting political change through music. This week, as the country reels from the seizure of its president by Amer...
The best 2026 albums we've heard so far
We look ahead to some of the albums we’re most excited about for the new year, from sure bets like Dry Cleaning and Beverly Glenn-Copeland to rumored...
New Music Friday: A roundup of December albums
It's a slow release day to start the new year, so this week NPR Music's Stephen Thompson brings us an abbreviated episode highlighting a few of the ne...
Viking's Choice 2025: The Guitar
On the last episode of All Songs Considered for 2025, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich takes host Robin Hilton through an exceptional year in guitar mu...
Our no. 1 songs: 2024
In our final look back at our number one songs from the past 25 years, we visit Modesto, take an existential stroll through Petco, and find it all so...
A very tolerable Christmas, 2025
We take a motorcycle road trip to Wisconsin in our annual search for the true spirit of the season. And, of course, we meet some special guests along...
Our No. 1 songs: 2023
We get in our fast car, drive like a red wine supernova, and run into Kristine from the 7th grade. Bad idea, right?
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Listener Poll: Your Favorite Albums of 2025
We asked and you answered. Earlier this month, we opened the polls and invited All Songs Considered's listeners to tell us their top 5 records of the...
Alt.Latino: What We Missed In 2025
The sheer volume and variety of Spanish-language music released every year is breathtaking. Even those of us with our ears to the ground are bound to...