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New Music Friday: The best releases out on Aug. 18

Jon Batiste's World Music Radio tops our shortlist for the best new albums out on Aug. 18. Emman Montalvan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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New Music Friday: The best releases out on Aug. 18

NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include new releases from Jon Batiste, Hozier, Rhiannon Giddens, Cautious Clay and more.

New Music Friday: The best releases out on Aug. 18

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New Mix: Rufus Wainwright, PJ Harvey, Rhiannon Giddens, more

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All Songs Considered

New Mix: Rufus Wainwright, PJ Harvey, Rhiannon Giddens, more

All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tracks of the week, including a new one from PJ Harvey ahead of her first studio album in seven years, a Neil Young cover by Rufus Wainwright and more.

New Mix: Rufus Wainwright, PJ Harvey, Rhiannon Giddens, more

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Here are the winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes

Mississippi Today reporter Anna Wolfe, center, is congratulated Monday by staff sports columnist Rick Cleveland, right, after winning the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, as her mother, Bethel Wolfe, left, observes, at a celebration in Jackson, Miss. Wolfe was honored for her reporting on a $77 million welfare scandal, the largest embezzlement of federal funds in Mississippi's history. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption

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Here are the winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes

The Associated Press won two awards for its Ukraine coverage, including the prestigious Public Service award. The prize for fiction went to two books: Demon Copperhead and Trust.

Here are the winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes

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The debut of 'Omar,' a thoroughly American opera

Tenor Jamez McCorkle, who debuted the title role in the opera Omar, by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, which received its world premiere on May 27 in Charleston, S.C., at Spoleto Festival USA. Leigh Webber/Courtesy of Spoleto Festival USA hide caption

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The debut of 'Omar,' a thoroughly American opera

Composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels have brought a true story to the opera stage: the life of Omar Ibn Said, a Senegalese Muslim scholar who was enslaved and brought to the Carolinas.

The debut of 'Omar,' a thoroughly American opera

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How Black women reclaimed country and Americana music in 2021

Mickey Guyton, Adia Victoria and Chapel Hart's Devynn Hart have made the industry a more welcoming place for others who look like them. Photo Illustration by Renee Klahr/NPR; Getty Images hide caption

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How Black women reclaimed country and Americana music in 2021

Black women leveraged the power of streaming platforms and social media to bridge the chasms previously carved by labels, publishers and radio.

Going Home With Rhiannon Giddens

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Going Home With Rhiannon Giddens

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In this episode of World Cafe, Rhiannon Giddens discusses the locations that influenced her latest album — They're Calling Me Home — from her hometown of Greensboro, N.C., to her adopted home of Ireland.

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Rhiannon Giddens On Mountain Stage

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Mountain Stage

Rhiannon Giddens On Mountain Stage

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The masterful Carolina Chocolate Drops singer draws on the music of trailblazing women like Dolly Parton and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Rhiannon Giddens On Mountain Stage

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Rhiannon Giddens On The Many Meanings of 'Home'

Rhiannon Giddens recorded her new album, They're Calling Me Home, with her collaborator Francesco Turrisi, in quarantine in Ireland during 2020. Ebru Yildiz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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All Songs Considered

Rhiannon Giddens On The Many Meanings of 'Home'

While Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi made her new album in their new home of Ireland during 2020, they felt called by the places that had given them life and drawn to the mysteries of death.

New Mix: Rhiannon Giddens, A Jay Som-Palehound Collaboration, First Aid Kit, More

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New Mix: Rhiannon Giddens, A Jay Som-Palehound Collaboration, First Aid Kit, More

All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen shares his favorite songs of the week, including a Leonard Cohen cover from First Aid Kit, reflections on the comforts of home from Rhiannon Giddens and more.

New Mix: Rhiannon Giddens, A Jay Som-Palehound Collaboration, First Aid Kit, More

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Rhiannon Giddens Confronts Emotional Whiplash On 'Best Day / Worst Day'

Rhiannon Giddens' new track for Morning Edition's Song Project series describes her feelings of emotional whiplash during the COVID-19 era. Ebru Yildiz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Morning Edition Song Project

Rhiannon Giddens Confronts Emotional Whiplash On 'Best Day / Worst Day'

Giddens explains how the new song she composed for Morning Edition's Song Project series grew from this year's extreme ups and downs.

Rhiannon Giddens Confronts Emotional Whiplash On 'Best Day / Worst Day'

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In Lara Downes' New Series, Black Musicians Rise To A Pivotal Moment

In the first episode of Amplify With Lara Downes, the pianist (left) speaks with singer-songwriter, banjo player and MacArthur "genius" Rhiannon Giddens. Areon Mobasher/Courtesy of the artists hide caption

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Amplify With Lara Downes

In Lara Downes' New Series, Black Musicians Rise To A Pivotal Moment

The pianist joins Ari Shapiro to discuss Amplify With Lara Downes, a video series on Black musicians who have experienced renewed creativity regarding racial injustice.

In Lara Downes' New Series, Black Musicians Rise To A Pivotal Moment

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'Why Am I Treated So Bad' Special On Mountain Stage

Pops Staples, Rhiannon Giddens, Mavis Staples and Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers perform on Mountain Stage. Mountain Stage Archives hide caption

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Mountain Stage

'Why Am I Treated So Bad' Special On Mountain Stage

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Hear a special episode of Mountain Stage featuring Pops Staples, Rhiannon Giddens, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Paula Cole and more singing about the experiences of African Americans.

'Why Am I Treated So Bad' Special On Mountain Stage

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The Thistle & Shamrock: Now On ThistleRadio

The music of Rhiannon Giddens is featured on this week's The Thistle & Shamrock. Michael Weinthrob/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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The Thistle & Shamrock

The Thistle & Shamrock: Now On ThistleRadio

Celtic music is ever-evolving and Fiona Ritchie's music library is ever-growing. With new tracks being added to the award-winning ThistleRadio music channel, it's time to hear what's coming on stream.

The Thistle & Shamrock: Now On ThistleRadio

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