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Pedal steel player Susan Alcorn, whose album with her quintet, Pedernal, was the pick for the best album of the year by Francis Davis, who runs the annual NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll. David Lobato/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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The late rapper Juice WRLD. His posthumous full-length, Legends Never Die, tops our list of the best new albums out this week. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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July 10, 2020

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Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band's new album, Landmarks, comes out April 29. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Brian Blade, Daniel Lanois, Trixie Whitley and Daryl Johnson perform as Black Dub. courtesy of the artist hide caption

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