{"podcast":{"title":"NPR Music","slug":"npr-music-738918","podcast_index_feed_id":738918,"rss_url":"https://feeds.npr.org/510019/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510019/npr-music","image_url":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3000x3000+0+0/resize/1400/quality/66/format/jpg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faf%2F5e%2Fcce9847a4c6293486671ce4e36c0%2Fnpr-music-podcast-feed-tile.png","author":"NPR (podcasts@npr.org)","episode_count":300,"summary":"Welcome to your all-in-one destination for every NPR Music podcast. We break down the best new albums to hit streaming each week on New Music Friday; we share the latest songs worthy of your playlists on All Songs Considered; there’s off-the-rails conversations (and chisme!) about Latin music on Alt.Latino. The NPR Music channel is your hub for new records, iconic artists and cult heroes, free of algorithms and full of surprises.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T16:22:59.099584+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/npr-music-738918"},"episode":{"title":"New Music Friday: The best albums out April 10","slug":"new-music-friday-the-best-albums-out-april-10","published_at":"2026-04-10T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/npr-music-738918/new-music-friday-the-best-albums-out-april-10","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/npr-music-738918","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/10/nx-s1-5778465/new-music-friday-best-albums-april-10-2026","audio_url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510019/npr.simplecastaudio.com/afbbcc66-ab00-44f2-903d-1a96ab240270/episodes/c859e891-4f17-40f4-88bc-a981e5ce3339/audio/256/default.mp3?awCollectionId=afbbcc66-ab00-44f2-903d-1a96ab240270&awEpisodeId=c859e891-4f17-40f4-88bc-a981e5ce3339&feed=VUaq3kJJ&t=podcast&e=nx-s1-5778465&p=510019&d=2448&size=78369063","summary":"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","meta_description":"Ella Langley. Wesley Joseph. The spellbinding Juni Habel. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson chats with Chloe Kimes from WMOT in Nashville about their favorite…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2448,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/npr-music-738918/episodes/new-music-friday-the-best-albums-out-april-10/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/npr-music-738918/new-music-friday-the-best-albums-out-april-10.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}