All Songs Considered: Need a reset?

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🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

We celebrate spring and new beginnings with a perfect mix of songs for starting over. This can take many forms: songs that spark a good, cleansing cry; songs that offer wisdom, or just a sure-fire jolt of adrenaline. But in the end, all of the tracks herein can help reconfigure your mood, your day, maybe even ... your life.

Host Robin Hilton is joined by NPR Music’s Noah Caldwell and Dora Levite.

Featured artists and songs:

(00:00) Intro

(02:05) Nina Simone: “Feeling Good” from I Put a Spell on You

(06:02) Cassandra Jenkins: “Hard Drive” from An Overview of Phenomenal Nature

(10:29) Cajmere: “Brighter Days” from Brighter Days

(15:42) Beastie Boys: “Sabotage” from Ill Communication

(18:54) Wednesday: “Reality TV Argument Bleeds” from Bleeds

(22:43) Gregory Alan Isakov: “Second Chances” from The Weatherman

(27:09) Bob Marley: “Three Little Birds” from Exodus

(30:56) LCD Soundsystem: “oh baby” from American Dream

(35:18) Ryuichi Sakamoto: “ZURE” from async

(41:02) Amy Shark: “Amy Shark” from Cry Forever

(45:26) Sluice: “Beadie” from Companion

(50:05) The Allman Brothers Band: “Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More” from Eat a Peach

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0:00.0	This episode of all songs considered comes to you from the NPR Music Podcast, where you will find this show.
0:09.0	We've got new episodes of this show every Tuesday, Alt Latino on Wednesday, and we close out every week with New Music Friday.
0:15.8	Noah Caldwell.
0:16.8	Hey.
0:17.7	You produced those shows, All Latino, New Music Friday.
0:20.4	And finally got you on the show here. Yeah. Welcome. Come to this side of the glass. Yeah. How's it feel? Good. Yeah. Yeah. Well, and everything feels kind of jaunty with this music in my headphones, so I'm feeling good. I was trying to think, like, what says springtime? Yeah. This is it. This is totally it. Yeah. Yeah.
0:37.7	It's like you can see the birds and you feel like Cinderella.
0:42.2	Wow.
0:42.7	Look at that swell.
0:43.3	Great post.
0:48.4	Adora Levitt, you're here as well.
0:52.3	You also help out on those shows.
0:54.0	Yes. New Music Friday. And also the Tiny Desk you're here as well. You also help out on those shows. Yes, new Music Friday.
0:55.6	And also the Tiny Desk Contests.
0:57.7	I do.
0:58.3	Getting close to wrapping that up.
1:00.2	We get into all kinds of nerdy stuff, music stuff on this show.
1:03.7	Sometimes it's just sharing whatever we think the best new songs of the week are.
1:08.1	And sometimes it's an episode like this one where we've got like a very
1:10.8	specific question or theme in mind. And since it is springtime, a time for new beginnings, a time to hit
1:18.2	reset, we thought we'd put together a playlist of the best songs for new beginnings, best songs
1:25.3	for starting over. I really, I think actually music's a big player here.
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