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The Best Roots Music of 2022

December 19, 2022 • This year artists working within the orbit of the unstable category "roots music" got personal even as they explored complex cultural lineages and challenged the rules of established scenes and forms.

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The 50 Best Albums of 2022

December 12, 2022 • We ranked our 50 favorite records of the year, from hip-hop to classical and everything in between.

Mini-concert: Listening to Angel Olsen can be an emotional experience

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Mini-concert: Listening to Angel Olsen can be an emotional experience

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October 17, 2022 • In this mini-concert, Angel Olsen performs songs from her latest album, Big Time, recorded live at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, Calif.

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Angel Olsen discusses her bittersweet new album, 'Big Time'

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Angel Olsen discusses her bittersweet new album, 'Big Time'

June 3, 2022 • The singer-songwriter had a tough couple of years, losing both parents while balancing new love. The experience fueled the country-leaning balance of her new album, Big Time.

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New Music Friday: The best releases out on June 3

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New Music Friday: The best releases out on June 3

June 3, 2022 • The week's best new albums include Fantastic Negrito's White Jesus Black Problems, Angel Olsen's Big Time, rapper Namir Blade's sci-fi-inspired Metropolis, 070 Shake's You Can't Kill Me and more.

New Music Friday: The best releases out on June 3

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For Angel Olsen, the shortest distance between loss and love is a country song

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For Angel Olsen, the shortest distance between loss and love is a country song

June 1, 2022 • For the songwriter's sixth album, she leans into a retro country sound for a big-hearted set of songs about grief and burgeoning love.

New Mix: Angel Olsen, Perfume Genius, Soccer Mommy, more

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New Mix: Angel Olsen, Perfume Genius, Soccer Mommy, more

March 29, 2022 • All Songs host Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks of the week, including songs of love from Angel Olsen and Soccer Mommy, a new one from the upcoming Perfume Genius album Ugly Season and more.

New Mix: Angel Olsen, Perfume Genius, Soccer Mommy, more

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Angel Olsen, 'All The Good Times'

March 29, 2022 • Hear the first song from Angel Olsen's upcoming album, Big Time, which is due out June 3.

Heavy Rotation: Public Radio's Most Popular Songs Of 2021

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Heavy Rotation: Public Radio's Most Popular Songs Of 2021

December 14, 2021 • Leon Bridges, Helado Negro and Japanese Breakfast all landed on this list of the most-played songs on public radio stations across the country.

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NPR Music's 100 Best Songs of 2021 (20-1)

December 2, 2021 • Think of the best songs of 2021 as a playlist catering to the most basic human urges. Within it, booties were called, muffins were buttered and bloody revenge was contemplated. It was quite a year.

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The Best Music Of May: NPR Staff Picks

June 1, 2021 • In May, we swooned to Olivia Rodrigo's Sour, marveled at Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen, went back to the '90s with The Zolas, bathed in the opulent luxury of Sinéad Harnett's voice, got lost in Bill Laurance's piano universe, and jazz group Sound Prints expanded its possibilities.

The Best Music Of May: NPR Staff Picks

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New Mix: Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen, Mdou Moctar, Angélique Kidjo, More

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New Mix: Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen, Mdou Moctar, Angélique Kidjo, More

May 25, 2021 • This weeks All Songs Considered features a striking collaboration between Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen. I also share a conversation and music with Angélique Kidjo, psych-guitar from Mdou Moctar and more.

New Mix: Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen, Mdou Moctar, Angélique Kidjo, More

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Angel Olsen: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

October 7, 2020 • The singer-songwriter performs four songs on her porch in Asheville, N.C., for Tiny Desk's quarantine series.

New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out Aug. 28

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New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out Aug. 28

August 28, 2020 • NPR Music picks the best new albums out this week, including unadorned records from Angel Olsen and The Avett Brothers, the genre-bending Georgia Anne Muldrow and more.

New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out Aug. 28

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New Mix: Angel Olsen, Folk Legend Shirley Collins, More

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New Mix: Angel Olsen, Folk Legend Shirley Collins, More

July 28, 2020 • This week's All Songs Considered features Angel Olsen's first album made without a backing band in eight years, 85-year old British folk legend Shirley Collins and a bunch of wonderful new discoveries.

New Mix: Angel Olsen, Folk Legend Shirley Collins, More

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1 Is The Tiniest Number: Our 5 Favorite Solo Tiny Desk Concerts

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1 Is The Tiniest Number: Our 5 Favorite Solo Tiny Desk Concerts

May 20, 2020 • Tiny Desk video producer Maia Stern chooses five artists, from Dinosaur Jr's J Mascis to Angel Olsen, who prove the Tiny Desk is a great outlet for performing solo.

Poll Results: NPR Listeners Pick The Top Albums Of 2019

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Poll Results: NPR Listeners Pick The Top Albums Of 2019

December 17, 2019 • All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton count down the top 20 albums of the year as selected by NPR listeners in our annual poll. The clear message in 2019? Love rules.

Poll Results: NPR Listeners Pick The Top Albums Of 2019

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Angel Olsen On Her Spectacular Sonic Evolution

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Angel Olsen On Her Spectacular Sonic Evolution

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December 13, 2019 • "I needed to take a minute away from the way that MY WOMAN and previous records had been done because this one just didn't require the same feeling," Olsen says.

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NPR Music's 25 Best Albums Of 2019

December 11, 2019 • We listened, voted and argued our way from more than 250 nominated albums down to just 25. And there was a clear No. 1.

All Songs Considered: The Year In Music 2019

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All Songs Considered: The Year In Music 2019

December 9, 2019 • Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X dominated the headlines this year, but 2019 was much more than that. We look back at the music we'll remember most and the marks it left on our cultural landscape.

ASC Year in Review 2019

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Angel Olsen And John Congleton On How They Made 'All Mirrors'

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Angel Olsen And John Congleton On How They Made 'All Mirrors'

November 6, 2019 • Angel Olsen has reimagined her sound. On this edition of All Songs Considered, she and her co-producer, John Congleton reveal how they did it, with the help of a 14-piece string section.

Angel Olsen And John Congleton On How They Made 'All Mirrors'

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Best Music Of 2019

NPR Music's Top 15 Albums Of October

October 31, 2019 • Among the month's best albums, you'll find veterans of varying ages making some of the best music of their careers, but also a striking debut by a promising R&B singer.