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Cass McCombs' songs are slow, languid and beautiful, which feels like the right counterbalance to our fast-paced times.

The Colorado band performs songs from their latest album, <em>Automatic.</em>

The famed Frenchman brings all his elegance and colorful playing to music by Ravel, Brahms and Villa-Lobos.

With a new album, Michelle Zauner tells NPR she is finally finding balance between all the things she yearns for: her career goals, a connection to family and a connection to her ancestral home of Korea.

Japanese Breakfast. My Morning Jacket. Greentea Peng. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Izzi Bavis from Baltimore public radio station <a href="https://www.wtmd.org/radio/">WTMD</a> to run through their favorite albums out today.<br><br>Featured albums:<br><br>• Japanese Breakfast, 'For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)' (<a href="https://lnk.to/ZfnZUGP2">Stream</a>)<br><br>• Greentea Peng, 'TELL DEM IT'S SUNNY' (<a href="https://lnk.to/4OL7KPsO">Stream</a>)<br><br>• Tamino, 'Every Dawn's a Mountain' (<a href="https://lnk.to/JLWkHWft">Stream</a>)<br><br>• My Morning Jacket, 'is' (<a href="https://lnk.to/lXcehr1K">Stream</a>)<br><br>• YHWH Nailgun, '45 Pounds' (<a href="https://lnk.to/jvAwmYE9">Stream</a>)<br><br>Read our long list of albums out March 21 and stream our New Music Friday playlist at <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/all-songs-considered/2025/03/21/g-s1-54923/new-music-friday-flying-lotus-japanese-breakfast-my-morning-jacket">npr.org/music</a>.<br><br>Credits:<br>• Host: Stephen Thompson<br>• Guest: Izzi Bavis, WTMD<br>• Producer: Simon Rentner<br>• Editor: Otis Hart<br>• Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed<br>• Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins

We talk new albums by Japanese Breakfast, My Morning Jacket and more with Izzi Bavis of Baltimore public radio station WTMD.

The folk rock band performs songs from their forthcoming album.

For Women's History Month, <em>World Cafe</em> is exploring 100 years of music history with a timeline of 100 moments.

The rapper shines as a masterful storyteller at the Tiny Desk with a host of musicians and singers, including his mom.

The Honduran musician, one of the most recognized proponents of a Caribbean culture dating to the 17th century, died Monday in an airplane crash.

As expected, <a href="https://www.npr.org/artists/120001078/lady-gaga"target="_blank" >Lady Gaga</a>'s <em>Mayhem</em> storms to a No. 1 debut, becoming her seventh album to top the chart.

Public radio stations were on the ground in Austin for this year's SXSW Music festival.