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• Saya Gray: Tiny Desk Concert | NPR
Saya Gray offers light and soulful interpretations of her experimental pop songs at the Tiny Desk.

• In a slow week for new albums, pop singer Tate McRae reigns supreme | NPR
This week, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer Tate McRae debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with her album So Close to What, knocking Drake from the top spot.

• Westside Gunn isn't too good to be true | NPR
Hustler rappers like Gunn traffic in street tales that feel larger than life. That doesn't mean they're not "real."

• Saya Gray is constantly in motion : World Cafe | NPR | Feb. 21, 2025, 10:16 p.m.
Saya Gray is constantly in motion : World Cafe : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast The Toronto native sits down with World Cafe's Raina Douris to talk about her debut, full-length album. World ...

• Rock band Horsegirl's new album 'Phonetics On and On' finds power in ... | NPR | Feb. 18, 2025, 2:51 p.m.
Horsegirl's sophomore album, Phonetics On and On, is a compulsively replayable record full of arrestingly catchy, bare-bones songwriting and twee treasures.

• Horsegirl members discuss their new album 'Phonetics On and On' | NPR | Feb. 16, 2025, 1:07 p.m.
Horsegirl members discuss their new album 'Phonetics On and On' Audio will be available later today. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Gigi Reece, Nora Cheng, and Penelope Lowenstein.

• This week's pop charts are all about The Weeknd — and the Grammys | NPR
This week, The Weeknd's new album Hurry Up Tomorrow debuts atop the Billboard 200 albums chart, and the biggest winners and performers from the Grammys experience big chart bumps.

• What was The Weeknd? | NPR
Abel Tesfaye's hedonistic alter-ego meets his end on Hurry Up Tomorrow, forcing listeners to ask just who we've been partying with all this time.

• The world of 'Eusexua,' according to FKA twigs | NPR | Jan. 24, 2025, 11 a.m.
You have your new album. You've just announced the huge Eusexia tour, and I think no one will be surprised to know that you are going to bring it back to Prague, where the inspiration came from ...

• Bad Bunny's politics of presence | NPR
Benito's Saturn Return leads to a folk revival on 'DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS,' remixing the poetics and politics of Puerto Rican roots music.

• Lil Baby and Bad Bunny have fantastic chart debuts | NPR
Two debuts claim the top two spots on Billboard's main album's chart: Lil Baby and Bad Bunny.

• Bad Bunny's 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos,' Explained : All Songs Considered | NPR
Alt.Latino hosts Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras, and NPR reporter Isabella Gomez Sarmiento break down what exactly makes the record so Puerto Rican and why its Bad Bunny's most reflective, ambitious and ingenious album yet.

• No surprise this week: Kendrick Lamar rules the charts | NPR
A week after Kendrick Lamar's new album, GNX, was surprise released, it proved to be a chart phenomenon, debuting at No. 1 on the album chart and claiming the Top 5 spots on the singles chart.

• No surprise this week: Kendrick Lamar rules the charts | NPR
A week after Kendrick Lamar's new album GNX was surprise released, it proved to be a chart phenomenon, debuting at No. 1 on the album chart and claiming the top five spots on the singles chart.

• On 'Small Changes,' Mercury Prize-winning artist Michael Kiwanuka lets down his guard | NPR
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Mercury Prize-winning singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka, about his latest album, "Small Changes," and his musical influences.

• Michael Kiwanuka strips back his sound on 'Small Changes' : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast | NPR
The English singer, songwriter and producer says his fourth record represents a period of big life changes.