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Ratboys. Beverly Glenn-Copeland. Caribou's club alter-ego. Stephen Thompson from NPR Music chats with Erin Wolf from Radio Milwaukee about their favorite new albums out Friday, Feb. 6.

The Starting 5

(00:00) Introduction & J. Cole, 'The Fall Off'
(02:11) Ratboys, 'Singin' To An Empty Chair'
(08:27) Beverly Glenn-Copeland, 'Laughter In Summer'
(16:27) Daphni, 'Butterfly'
(21:22) Charlotte Day Wilson, 'Patchwork'
(26:39) John Craigie, 'I Swam Here'

(31:26) The Lightning Round
- Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence, 'Havin' a Talk'
- Alice Costelloe, 'Move On With The Year'
- vegas water taxi, 'long time caller, first time listener'
- Ulrika Spacek, 'EXPO'
- Music City, 'Welcome to Music City'

Sample the albums via our New Music Friday playlist on NPR.org/allsongs.

Credits:
Host: Stephen Thompson
Guest: Erin Wolf, Radio Milwaukee
Audio Producer: Noah Caldwell
Digital Producer: Dora Levite
Editors: Otis Hart, Elle Mannion
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed

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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 Sunday, the Puerto Rican megastar will perform at the Super Bowl halftime show. For this week's episode, Anamaria Sayre and Isabella Gomez Sarmiento chat about what these two moments mean for Bad Bunny, the island of Puerto Rico, and the role of Latin music in America more broadly.

This podcast was produced by Noah Caldwell. Suraya Mohamed is the executive producer of NPR Music.

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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-announced) projects from Friko and Asher White, a witchy new cut from the duo Sibyl, the Polish composer and guitarist Szymon Wójcik and more.

NPR Music’s Lars Gotrich joins host Robin Hilton.

Featured songs and artists:

(00:00) Intro and The Grammys

(03:31) Beck: “Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime,” from ‘Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime’

(12:29) Rat Penat: “Kijiji,” from ‘Over Easy’

(18:26) Friko: “Seven Degrees,” from ‘Something Worth Waiting For’

(25:27) Sibyl: “Witch Wife,” from ‘Sibyl’

(30:42) Asher White: “Casper,” from ‘Jessica Pratt’

(38:22) Szymon Wójcik: “it’s only begun,” from ‘when you rub your eyes, you see things you can’t describe’


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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 culture journalist (and former NPR intern) Reanna Cruz.

(00:00) Intro
(00:46) Album of the year: Bad Bunny
(05:24) Record of the year: Kendrick Lamar
(08:51) Best new artist medley
(13:52) Lady Gaga's three Grammys
(18:44) Song of the year: Billie Eilish
(21:05) Milestone moments and In Memoriam

Credits
Host: Stephen Thompson
Guests: Hazel Cills, Reanna Cruz
Producers: Carly Rubin, Mike Katzif
Editor: Jessica Reedy
Executive Producer, NPR Music: Suraya Mohamed
Executive Director, NPR Music: Sonali Mehta

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Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon. Emily Scott Robinson. Blood harmonies from Irish brothers Ye Vagabonds. Stephen Thompson from NPR Music chats with Dre Castillo from KVNF in western Colorado about the best albums out Friday, Jan. 30.

The Starting 5

(00:00) Introduction
(01:21) Emily Scott Robinson, 'Appalachia'
(08:58) Ye Vagabonds, 'All Tied Together'
(16:05) Jordan Ward, 'Backward'
(21:48) Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon, 'As Of Now'
(27:18) Orestes Gomez, 'No me fui porque quise'

The Lightning Round

- Don Toliver, 'OCTANE'
- Lande Hekt, 'Lucky Now'
- By Storm, 'My Ghosts Go Ghost’
- Yumi Zouma, 'No Love Lost to Kindness'
- David Moore, 'Graze the Bell'

Sample the albums via our New Music Friday playlist on NPR.org/allsongs.

Credits
Host: Stephen Thompson
Guest: Dre Castillo, KVNF
Audio Producer: Noah Caldwell
Digital Producer: Dora Levite
Editors: Otis Hart, Elle Mannion
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed

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