All Songs Considered: Bon Iver talks to God, plus Tori Amos

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🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Our latest mix of the best new songs out now includes a stunning live version of Bon Iver’s “Heavenly Father,” a track the band originally wrote for the 2014 film Wish I Was Here, but never made available to stream before now. We’ve also got a stirring new ballad from Tori Amos, Luxembourg indie rocker Francis of Delirium (who assures us this is, in fact, a beautiful life), the long-awaited (if complicated) return of influential metal band Neurosis and more.

NPR Music’s Lars Gotrich joins host Robin Hilton.

(00:00) Intro

(01:41) Bon Iver: “Heavenly Father” from VOLUMES: ONE (SELECTIONS FROM MUSIC CONCERTS 2019-2023)

(08:25) Souled American: “Freeing Wheels” from Sanctions

(13:58) Francis of Delirium: “It’s a Beautiful Life” from Run, Run Pure Beauty

(20:28) Tara Clerkin Trio: “Somewhere Good” from Somewhere Good

(28:58) Tori Amos: “Stronger Together” from In Times of Dragons

(35:36) Neurosis: “Untethered” from An Undying Love for a Burning World

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0:00.0	It was a rough weekend for me.
0:01.6	Okay.
0:02.4	How are you doing?
0:03.9	Well, my beloved Kansas Jayhawks went down in the second round of the tournament again.
0:09.1	Okay.
0:09.9	They haven't gotten past the first weekend since 2022 when they won at all.
0:16.0	But it was a brutal, brutal loss to St. John's.
0:41.6	Go Jayhawks. Nobody says go Jayhawks. Okay, see. Nobody says it. It's Rock Chalk Jayhawk. Okay, I'm sorry. Rock Chalk Jayhawk. Are we going to do a show? This is a show. This is a sports talk show now? I wish we had a sports talk show. This episode of All Songs Considered comes to you from the NPR Music Podcast,
0:46.9	your one-stop shop for everything in the music nerd verse,
0:48.0	including Alt Latino.
0:50.7	You'll find that in this feed every Wednesday.
0:53.4	We close out every week with New Music Friday,
0:54.6	a rundown of the best new albums out. Every other Thursday in the NPR Music podcast, we've got a plus episode with Ann Powers
1:00.8	and Dawood Tyler Amin, where they do deep dives on a single song. They're back this week with
1:05.9	Mariah Carey's fantasy. Wait, why am I not on that episode? I know. Mariah is your queen. That's my queen. That's your queen. Oh, my gosh. Well, that's a great song. You know, I'm disappointed that I wasn't asked to participate, but I will be happy to be a listener. So NPR Music, also where you will find the wild and wondrous world of Lars Gottrich. That's me.
1:28.0	That's you, Lars.
1:29.4	I should mention we've got new episodes of all songs considered every Tuesday.
1:33.9	We get into all kinds of stuff on the show, but on this episode, we're sharing our picks for the best new songs out now.
1:40.9	I want to start with Bonne Verre.
1:42.4	Are you a Bonne Verre fan?
1:43.7	I don't know that you are.
1:44.8	I liked the first album and the first EP.
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