musicEmotion Is The Engine That Drives Sugarland's 'Bigger'verified_publisherNPR - Jewly HightNote: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. During its initial run, from the early 2000s to the beginning of this decade, Sugarland helped nudge country-pop in a notably …
musicKadhja Bonet's 'Childqueen' Tucks Genius Into Idiosyncratic Cornersverified_publisherNPR - Tom MoonNote: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. Kadhja Bonet's Childqueen opens with words that could have come from a lotus-positioned guru at a wellness retreat: "Every morning …
musicAngelique Kidjo Gives New Life To Talking Heads' 'Remain In Light'verified_publisherNPR - Marcus J. MooreNote: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. In 1983, Angélique Kidjo moved to Paris from her native Benin. An upstart musician, she wanted a new life away from the communist …
musicOn YOB's 'Our Raw Heart,' The Lightness Is Devastatingverified_publisherNPR - Jason HellerNote: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. In an interview with Cvlt Nation last year, Mike Scheidt didn't dwell overlong on the mammoth riffs or cosmic heft of his veteran …
musicRiver Whyless' 'Kindness, A Rebel' Examines The American Experimentverified_publisherNPR - Bob BoilenNote: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. When I heard the burbling synth at the top of River Whyless' new album, Kindness, A Rebel, I knew I was in for something different …
musicErin Rae's Tender 'Putting On Airs' Is For The Space Betweenverified_publisherNPR - Ann PowersNote: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. What is the thought you think before you say the thing you think you should say? What about the one that you keep close to your own …
