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New Music Friday: The Top 10 Albums Out July 24

Taylor Swift. Her surprise new album, Folklore tops our picks for the best new albums out on July 24. Beth Garrabrant/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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All Songs Considered

New Music Friday: The Top 10 Albums Out July 24

Taylor Swift's surprise new album, Folklore tops our list of the week's best releases, along with new ones from Lupe Fiasco, a 50th anniversary edition of Roberta Flack's debut album and more.

New Music Friday: The Top 10 Albums Out July 24

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New Music Friday: Our Top 7 Albums Out On March 8

The Chicago rapper Juice WRLD's new album Deathrace for Love is on our list of the best albums out on March 8. Nabil/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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All Songs Considered

New Music Friday: Our Top 7 Albums Out On March 8

Chicago rapper Juice WRLD's Deathrace for Love, a beautiful new self-titled album from Patti Griffin and Helado Negro's This is How You Smile are just some of our picks for the week's best new albums.

New Music Friday: Our Top 7 Albums Out On March 8

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Divinity From Dust: The Healing Power Of 'The Disintegration Loops'

Ambient music composer William Basinski says the four-volume work, now a box set, saved his life. James Elaine hide caption

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The Record

Divinity From Dust: The Healing Power Of 'The Disintegration Loops'

For over 30 years, William Basinski has worked with tape loops. A stunning vinyl box set collects his best-known work, The Disintegration Loops, a project he finished the morning of September 11 while living in New York, and that Basinski says saved his life.

'Remembering Sept. 11' At The Temple Of Dendur

A view from across the reflecting pool of the "Remembering September 11" concert by the Wordless Music Orchestra — conducted by Ryan McAdams, presented at The Temple of Dendur in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2011. Melanie Burford for NPR hide caption

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Classics in Concert

'Remembering Sept. 11' At The Temple Of Dendur

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Hear profoundly moving performances of music by Basinski, Marshall, Golijov and Schnittke — met by a deeply reflective and attentive audience.

'Remembering Sept. 11' At The Temple Of Dendur

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