{"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 June 19","slug":"new-music-friday-the-best-albums-out-june-19","published_at":"2026-06-19T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/npr-music-738918/new-music-friday-the-best-albums-out-june-19","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/npr-music-738918","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/06/19/nx-s1-5830356/new-music-friday-best-albums-june-19-2026","audio_url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510019/npr.simplecastaudio.com/afbbcc66-ab00-44f2-903d-1a96ab240270/episodes/2edda561-8041-4747-bacc-2a3978aaa030/audio/256/default.mp3?awCollectionId=afbbcc66-ab00-44f2-903d-1a96ab240270&awEpisodeId=2edda561-8041-4747-bacc-2a3978aaa030&feed=VUaq3kJJ&t=podcast&e=nx-s1-5830356&p=510019&d=2410&size=77129396","summary":"Tierra Whack. The War and Treaty. A plethora of new jazz releases. Host Stephen Thompson chats with Nate Chinen from WRTI in Philadelphia about their favorite new albums out Friday, June 19. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round. The Starting 5 (01:17) Album No. 1 - Tierra Whack, 'Whack's Museum' (06:43) Album No. 2 - The War and Treaty, 'The Story of Michael and Tanya' (15:39) Album No. 3 - Micah Thomas, 'Lucid' (20:40) Album No. 4 - Your Brother's Keeper & Gary Bartz, 'Where Rivers Meet' (26:21) Album No. 5 - Sam Barsh, Keyon Harrold & Mark Guiliana, 'Straight08' (32:30) The Lightning Round - Tucker Zimmerman, 'Dream Me A Dream' - The Phoenix Trio, 'Tomorrow is Today' - Janus Rasmussen, 'Inert' - Daniel Lanois, 'Belladonna Nocturne' - Wild Up, 'Gay Guerilla Vol. 5' 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: Nate Chinen, WRTI Audio Producer: Noah Caldwell Digital Producer: Dora Levite Editors: Otis Hart, Elle Mannion Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Special thanks to Robin Hilton and Tom Huizenga 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":"Tierra Whack. The War and Treaty. A plethora of new jazz releases. Host Stephen Thompson chats with Nate Chinen from WRTI in Philadelphia about their favo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2410,"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-june-19/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-june-19.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}