New Music Friday: The best albums out April 10

Ella Langley. Wesley Joseph. The spellbinding Juni Habel. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson chats with Chloe Kimes from WMOT in Nashville about their favorite albums out Friday, April 10. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer personal picks in our lightning round. The Starting 5 (00:00) Ella Langley, 'Dandelion' (08:24) Tenille Townes, 'The Acrobat' (15:53) Wesley Joseph, 'Forever Ends Someday' (21:22) Brown Horse, 'Total Dive' (27:03) Juni Habel, 'Evergreen In Your Mind' (32:31) The Lightning Round - Gracie and Rachel, 'If We Could, Would We' - Melanie Baker, 'Somebody Help Me, I'm Being Spontaneous!' - upsammy & Valentina Magaletti, 'Seismo' - Spirit Adrift, 'Infinite Illumination' - Drivin N Cryin, 'Crushing Flowers' Sample the albums via our New Music Friday playlist and see our Long List of notable releases on NPR.org Credits: Host: Stephen Thompson Guest: Chloe Kimes, WMOT Audio Producers: Noah Caldwell, Alina Edwards Digital Producer: Dora Levite Editors: Otis Hart, Elle Mannion Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Special thanks to Lars Gotrich, Ann Powers and Hazel Cills See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

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