Fresh Picks

A collage of artwork for the new albums and singles.

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Fresh Picks: Community in the club, best of the desert, Tulsa sound of '76

The KAXE Music Team shares new music from Arlo Parks, Bob Corritore, Joey Quiñones, Goodnight Moonshine, Feeding Leroy and Alabama Shakes. Plus, J.J. Cale's 1976 album Troubadour.

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Fresh Picks: Country soul, samba funk, alt-folk vignettes, Joan Armatrading in '76

The KAXE Music Team highlights music from Charley Crockett, Charlotte Cornfield, Jazz Is Dead, Jobi Riccio, Brother Wallace and Beth Orton. Plus, "Joan Armatrading" turns 50.

A collage of sqaures with artwork for 3 albums and 4 singles over a blurry black and white background. In the middle and largest square is black and white artwork of a woman with long hair. In a smaller square to the left is a green background with three emeralds. To the right is a blue and red frame of four people in black and white. In even smaller squares are the front of a post card, a group of musicians in a truck bed, a woman and a longhorned cow, and a woman kneeling against a black backdrop.

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Fresh Picks: Showstopping vocals, Rock 'n' Roll University, soul jazz, Bowie in '76

Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon, Andrew Dziengel

The KAXE Music Team highlights music from Makthaverskan, The Outfit, Parlor Greens, Kacey Musgraves, Kelsey Lu, John R. Miller and André Tanker. Plus 50 years of Bowie.

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Fresh Picks: Future soul, Afropop, timeless Americana, higher vibrations, martini music and more

Kari Hedlund, Malachy Koons, Andrew Dziengel

The KAXE Music Team highlights new releases from Tedeschi Trucks Band, Bill Callahan, Ireke, The Montvales, Irreversible Entanglements, Widowspeak, and Emanuela Hutter.

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Fresh Picks: True rebel music, sweet and gritty country, a songwriter steps out and jazz-punk fusion

Kari Hedlund, Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon

The KAXE Music Team highlights new music from Tinariwen, Cat Clyde, Morgan Nagler, Jalen Ngonda, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Julianna Riolino, Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis.

A collage of 8 squares with album artwork in them over a blurred white and black image.

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Fresh Picks: Appalachian country, Canadian-Haitian jazz, MN cosmic rock, Swedish R&B and folk

Kari Hedlund, Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon

The KAXE Music Team highlights new music from Brit Taylor, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Rich Mattson and the Northstars, waterbaby, José González, Dua Saleh, and Ages and Ages.

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Fresh Picks: Rambling folk-rock, psychedelic cumbia, electro spacious indie rock and a Guy Clark cover

Kari Hedlund, Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon

The KAXE Music Team highlights new music from Buck Meek, Lala Lala, Mariachi El Bronx, The Womack Sisters, Margo Price, Valerie June, Bella Litsa, Anjimile, and Mexican Institute of Sound with Meridian Brothers.

A collage of seven artworks for albums and singles. The background is white and blurry.

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Fresh Picks: Indie-twang, Anatolian rock, Native Americana and what is (or isn't) folk music?

Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon

The KAXE Music Team highlights new music from Remember Sports, Ancient Cat Society, Altın Gün, Kevin Morby, David Huckfelt & Laura Hugo, Mirah, and Cary Morin.

A collage of seven artworks for albums and songs over a blurry blue background. In the middle the largest square has abstract orange people that resemble sun and moon hugging. In two smaller squares there is a man in a cowboy hat in water, only his head is above water. The other has four women dressed as clowns sitting on a train track. In four even smaller squares is a young child in pajamas, a white grid over a pink background, a dimly lit stage with instruments, and four images of the same women's face.

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Fresh Picks: Instant vibes, neo-bluegrass and matches made in heaven

Malachy Koons

The KAXE Music Team highlights new releases from Sotomayor, Big Richard, Boy Golden, Jesca Hoop, Baby Rose and Leon Thomas, Anna Calvi and Iggy Pop, and Cat Clyde.

A collage of artwork for 5 albums and 4 singles over a blue hazy background. The middle artwork is the largest, a woman wearing a blue dress. In each corner are four smaller artworks: top left is two chairs in a field, top right is a woman and man with sunglasses and a pink background, bottom left is a person in a red dress swinging on a swingset, bottom right is a loon with a white star. There are four more even smaller artworks: top middle is a blue sky and sign that says "Peaches," middle left is three people running on a running track, middle right is a red, purple, maroon and orange pattern, bottom middle is a black and white photo of four people biking towards the camera.

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Fresh Picks: Black country soul, indie rock therapy, music for good, surprises around every corner

Kari Hedlund, Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon, Andrew Dziengel

The KAXE Music Team highlights new releases including The Black Keys, Ratboys, Kalyn Fay, Amadou & Mariam, Queen Esther, Michelle Blades, Friko and Automatic.