Chaka Khan's Hello Happiness is on our short list of the best albums out on Feb. 15. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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The SoCal bolero revivalist band Tres Souls release a new single from upcoming album. Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
Bayonne (left), SASAMI and Jonathan Scales. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Charles Wesley Godwin, "Coal Country"
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Music Inspired By The Film Roma is on our short list of the best albums out on Feb. 8. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Strand of Oaks' newest folk track is one of 10 songs on this month's Heavy Rotation. Alysee Gafkjen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sharon Van Etten, Dawn Richard and Nkisi released some of our favorite albums from January. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Vampire Weekend, Lizzo and Lana Del Rey released some of our favorites songs of the month. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Helado Negro's latest album, This is How You Smile, comes out March 9 on RVNG Intl. Ebru Yildiz /Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Frank Garcia's latest track "Pequeñas Poesías" is in this week's Alt.Latino playlist. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Maggie Rogers' Heard It In A Past Life is on our short list for the best albums out on Jan. 18. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Rene Lopez's latest track is in this week's Alt. Latino playlist. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Mvstermind (left), Jean Deaux, Westerman and Tayla Parx. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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Mac Miller performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Aug. 1, 2018. Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption
This year-in-review Heavy Rotation playlist features Angelique Kidjo. Danny Clinch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bruce Springsteen at the final performance of Springsteen on Broadway, among the 100-plus songs, albums and live shows picked by members of NPR Music's team as the best musical moments of 2018. Taylor Hill/Getty Images hide caption
Soul singer Aretha Franklin poses for a portrait in 1964. Michael Ochs Archives/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
J. Cole, onstage in Oakland this summer, refracted hip-hop through an absurdist lens on KOD. Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images hide caption
The songs on Nao's Saturn, one of NPR Music's favorite R&B projects of 2018, matched the London-based singer's distinctive tone. Alex Colombino/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Kacey Musgraves had one of country music's biggest albums of 2018, but it came only after she shrugged off any lingering obligation to pursue radio airplay. Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Stagecoach hide caption