Tiny Desk Concert, Raphael Saadiq Katie Hayes/Katie Hayes hide caption
Sudan Archives
Brittany Howard made NPR Music's No.1 album of 2019 with Jaime. She's on our playlist of best songs of the year, too. Brantley Guttierez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Michael Kiwanuka's KIWANUKA is one of NPR Music's top 10 albums of the month. Olivia Rose/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sudan Archives, performing at the FORM Arcosanti festival on May 11, 2018 in Arcosanti, Arizona. Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images hide caption
Phoebe Bridgers (center) and Matt Berninger (second from right) teamed up to record "Walking on a String," one of the best songs of October. Chloe Brewer/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sudan Archives' "Confessions" is included in this week's Heat Check. Alex Black/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Jenny Hval, Sudan Archives, Anna Meredith, Mellotron Variations (Robby Grant, Jonathan Kirkscey, John Medeski, Pat Sansone) Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Superorganism, MILCK, serpentwithfeet, Haley Heynderickx, Jorja Smith Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Stay sauced up and bossed up. Eslah Attar & Samantha Clark/NPR hide caption
Sudan Archives' Sink comes out May 25. Jack McKain/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Sudan Archives, THICK, Gato Preto, Saint Sister, Surma Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Sudan Archives Robb Klassen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption