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New Music Friday: The best albums out Nov. 8

Ab-Soul, seen here on stage at Coachella, released a new mixtape titled Soul Burger on Friday.
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Ab-Soul, seen here on stage at Coachella, released a new mixtape titled Soul Burger on Friday.

NPR Music's Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen are your guides to today's most compelling new releases, including a mixtape by rapper Ab-Soul and a celebration of Margo Guryan. Plus, Ann and Daoud are joined by WRTI's Nate Chinen for a look at the latest, greatest new releases, reissues and archival albums from the world of jazz.


Featured albums

  • Ab-Soul, Soul Burger
  • Jamey Johnson, Midnight Gasoline
  • Our Girl, The Good Kind
  • Various Artists, Like Someone I Know: A Celebration of Margo Guryan
  • Vanisha Gould, She's Not Shiny, She's Not Smooth
  • The Bad Plus, Complex Emotions
  • Keith Jarrett, Paul Motian & Gary Peacock, The Old Country
  • Miles Davis Quintet, Miles in France 1963 & 1964 — The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8

Other notable albums out Nov. 8

Pop

  • Aziya, BAMBI
  • Garfunkel & Garfunkel, Father and Son
  • Whitney Houston, The Concert for a New South Africa

Rock/Alt/Indie

  • Bad Astronaut, Untethered
  • Bag of Cans, Favourite Shirt EP
  • Bananagun, Why is the Colour of the Sky?
  • chimers, THROUGH TODAY
  • Dan Melchior, Hill Country Piano
  • Freak Slug, I Blow Out Big Candles
  • King Stingray, For The Dreams
  • Myles Smith, A Minutes... EP
  • The Ladybug Transistor, The Albemarle Sound (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition)
  • The Twilight Sad, Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave (Demos)
  • Various Artists, The Shape of Punk to Come Obliterated
  • Widespread Panic, Hailbound Queen EP
  • Wussy, Cincinnati Ohio

Americana/Folk/Country

  • Ellie Gowers, You the Passenger
  • Flatland Cavalry, s/t
  • Gabby Barrett, Carols and Candlelight
  • Judy Collins, In Concert Wildflowers at the Town Hall NYC (Live)
  • Twinnie, Something We Used To Say
  • Yonder Mountain String Band, Nowhere Next

Hip-Hop

  • BabyTron, Tronicles
  • Maxo Kream, Personification
  • SahBabii, Saaheem

R&B/Soul

  • _BY.ALEXANDER, MEMORIES FOR SALE ---AT---> 66 GREENE ST SOHO NY

Jazz

  • Lionel Loueke / Dave Holland, United
  • Multatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra, Tension

Classical

  • Florian Christi, Donau
  • Niklas Walentin / Christina Bjorkoe, Brahms: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3

Electronic/Out There

  • Andert Tysma, Hana
  • Black Rain, Neuromancer
  • claire rousay, The Bloody Lady
  • Finneas O'Connell, Disclaimer (Original Series Soundtrack)
  • George Reid, 0-6M
  • H.A.N.K., The Big Melt
  • Leifur James, Magic Seeds
  • Orbital, A Beginner's Guide
  • Pancrace, Papotier
  • Perila, Intrinsic Rhythm
  • Rafael Anton Irisarri, FAÇADISMS
  • Sarah Davachi, Music for a Bellowing Room
  • Speakers Corner Quartet, Mr Loverman (OST)
  • Sussan Deyhim / Richard Horowitz, The Invisible Road: Originals Recordings 1985-1990
  • The Body, The Crying Out of Things
  • The Orb, Orboretum: The Orb Collection
  • Various Artists, Ayo Ke Disco: Boogie, Pop & Funk from the South China Sea (1974-88)
  • Various Artists, Chromesthesia: the Colour of Sound Vol. 1
  • Zane Trow, Landscape

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Nate Chinen
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