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Album of the Week August 5-11

NPR Music editor and reviewer Stephen Thompson reflects on the year through the lens of music and shares the songs that impressed him most.

The Texas alt-country outfit has been spoofing politics, religion and romance for as long as most Austinites can remember.

The award-winning journalist visits Alt.Latino to share some of her favorite stories and music.

KPFK's global music DJ recently visited Brazil, and he brings NPR's Arun Rath a stack of new music he discovered there.

This week, host Fiona Ritchie talks to Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh along with her fellow member of the top Irish trad group Altan, the guitarist Daithi Sproule.

Chappell Roan peppers her irresistible pop song with explicit details — some more explicit than others — about a relationship between lovers with incompatible desires.

In his hushed vocal, Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan puts your hand in his, providing comfort amid increasing uncertainties.

Capturing an apocalyptic trek through fog and rubble, the Korean experimentalist delivers a barrage of noises that are at constant risk of exploding.

James Baldwin took a long, hard look at race and history in his major poem "Staggerlee Wonders." Baldwin was among the many poets who visited with public radio host Henry Lyman on Poems to a Listener.

Though he died in 1997 at the age of 30, singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley's music continues to resonate.

Malo revealed a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis in June of 2024, but he didn't stop touring the country with the band.

Adrian Quesada's album "Boleros Psicodélicos II" came out June 2025.

No longer are just books under fire, but also the library administrators, teachers and long-beloved librarians who are defending them.

Stephen Miller made headlines recently for his combative turn during a briefing with reporters about immigration policy. That type of verbal sparring has been a Miller trademark since high school.

An analysis by NPR shows that since the vaccine rollout, counties that voted heavily for Donald Trump have had more than twice the COVID mortality rates of those that voted for Joe Biden.

The legal cases all face the same challenge: finding a plaintiff who will be clearly harmed by debt cancellation.

Students and listeners from across the state send in their nature reports! Depending on the season, reports may cover wildflowers, wildlife, weather, and other wonders.

The pipeline's fate looms large in Washington. But for people living in Keystone XL's proposed path, the project will alter livelihoods and legacies — for better or worse, depending on whom you ask.

Seattle, along with other cities, is struggling to balance the need for more housing with the preservation and growth of trees that help address the impacts of climate change.