NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes aboard Kara Manning of New York City public radio station WFUV to discuss the best new albums hitting streaming services Friday, Jan. 17.
Featured albums
- Mac Miller, Balloonerism
- The Weather Station, Humanhood
- jasmine.4.t, You are the Morning
- Victoria Canal, Slowly, It Dawns
- Blue Lake, Weft
Other notable albums out Jan. 17
- Songhoy Blues, Heritage
- Ela Minus, DIA
- Kele (of Block Party), The Singing Winds, Pt. 3
- Pastel, Souls in Motion
- Rufus Wainwright, Dream Requiem
- Wafia, Promised Land
- Rebecca Black, SALVATION• Yola, My Way EP
- chlothegod, I Feel Different Every Day EP
- Black Nāo Maya, Despertar
- Amayo, Lion Awakes
- Benjamin Lackner, Spindrift
- Brendon Moeller, Blue Moon
- Busta Rhymes, Dragon Season... The Awakening
- David Gray, Dear Life
- Delivery, Force Majeure
- Ex-Vöid, In Love Again• Flora Hibberd, Swirl
- Niambi, Taboo EP
- Pigeon Pit, Crazy Arms
- Rose Gray, Louder, Please
- Son Lux, Risk of Make Believe EP
- Sophie Jamieson, I Still Want to Share
- Stile Antico, The Golden Renaissance: Palestrina
- Television Personalities, Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out: The Television Personalities Radio Sessions – 1980-1993
- The Pro-Teens, MF TEEN: Your Concurrence In The Above Is Assumed (MF Doom covers)
- Tim Berne, Yikes Too
- Willow Avalon, Southern Belle Raisin' Hell
- ZORA, Belladonna
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