Robyn Returns, Jim James Sends A Powerful Message

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Editor's Note Welcome to the new NPR Music newsletter! I'm NPR Music's senior director, and I'm writing to let you know about our new format. We are combining our three newsletters — All Songs Considered, Classical and Music — into one so that we can showcase the very best of NPR Music. Each week, we'll highlight exceptional feature stories, Tiny Desk concerts, podcasts and new music that you may have missed. But we'll also offer insights that can't be found anywhere else in our coverage: new music picks from the staff, can't-miss stories from the Tiny Desk and our thoughts on the news of the week. Since I joined the NPR Music staff in January, I've been more impressed than ever by the creativity, passion and insight of this team. The new weekly newsletter will take you behind the scenes, where we're working on breaking music news just a few feet away from stunning Tiny Desk performances. Thanks for being part of our community. —Lauren Onkey, Senior Director of NPR Music New Music Robo-pop icon Robyn has returned. Honey, her first album in eight years, reflects the singer's momentum and her embrace of stillness. Also out this week: Nao soars with her sophomore album Saturn, and yet another new release from Ty Segall, whose work ethic we’ve been trying to imitate (he’s already released three LPs this year!) This week, All Songs Considered brings you songs of letting go, healing and appreciating the wonder of life. Hear a sampling of Bob Dylan’s More Blood, More Tracks before it’s out next Friday, Nov. 2. The massive trove of songs from the New York sessions that led to Blood on the Tracks is the latest in Dylan’s Bootleg Series of unreleased songs and rarities (though we had other ideas for names). We’re usually wary of Selena covers, but Dracula’s incarnation of “Como La Flor” blew us away.  To Read She was a virtuosic player, arguably the best musician of her era and style – but she spent 60 years in her apartment, never making a professional recording and rarely ever performing. Why? It depends on who you ask. In the country music world, women are expected to be polite, compliant and respectable. Miranda Lambert has built her whole remarkable career rejecting that. Emily Bogle/NPR Tiny Desk It’s election season, and in the midst of his touching performance, Jim James snuck in a timely reminder to vote. We love when friends visit. So does NPR Slingshot pick Cautious Clay — he brought a group of his buddies from college to sing with him at his Tiny Desk concert. Incoming The Beastie Boys Book is out Tuesday, Oct. 30. Before you get your hands on a copy, catch up with Ad-Rock and Mike D on the latest episode of the What’s Good with Stretch & Bobbito, and keep an ear out for the Boys on NPR’s Morning Edition next week. One More Thing Jason Derulo would be nothing without Cher. Period. Have a great weekend, Marissa Lorusso, Sidney Madden and Lyndsey McKenna You received this message because you're subscribed to our NPR Music emails. |  Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy | NPR 1111 N. CAPITOL ST. NE WASHINGTON DC 20002