New Music Friday: The best albums out Feb. 14

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🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Bartees Strange. Denison Witmer. The Sun Ra Arkestra's Marshall Allen. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Nate Chinen of Philadelphia's WRTI to discuss the best new releases out on Valentine's Day.

Featured albums:

• Bartees Strange, 'Horror'

• Denison Witmer, 'Anything At All'

• Marshall Allen, 'New Dawn'

• Sullivan Fortner, 'Southern Nights'

• John Patitucci, 'Spirit Fall'

Check out our longer list of albums out Feb. 14 and stream our New Music Friday playlist at npr.org/music.

Credits:

• Host: Stephen Thompson
• Guest: Nate Chinen (WRTI)
• Producer: Simon Rentner
• Editor: Otis Hart
• Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
• Vice President, Music & Visuals: Keith Jenkins

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0:24.2	Happy Friday, everybody from NPR Music.
0:27.2	It's New Music Friday.
0:28.7	I'm Stephen Thompson here with Nate Chenen of WRTI in Philadelphia.
0:34.9	Nate, go birds.
0:37.2	He goes fly. Philadelphia, Nate, Go birds! I can't believe I said Nate, you're off your game.
0:53.6	It is a euphoric week here in Philadelphia. It is a euphoric week here in Philadelphia.
1:01.3	Actually, the music you heard coming in was a version of Fly Eagles Fly recorded at WRTI.
1:10.8	That is Lady Alma singing with Anthony Tid on bass.
1:15.2	I know you as a Packers fan, but come on.
1:18.8	Please tell me that you got caught up in the spirit.
1:22.0	Oh, absolutely not.
1:23.8	No, I refuse.
1:25.9	You know, February 9th may have been Sequin Barclay and rookie cornerback Cooper de Jeanne's actual birthday, but I, watching from my living room, I kind of felt like it was my birthday with all those elements coming into place.
1:39.4	I mean, wow.
1:40.6	The Eagles dominate in the Super Bowl, and also, we all love jazz.
1:45.0	There you go.
1:47.0	That is exactly the spirit that we're going to take into this discussion of a bunch of great new music out today, February 14th.
1:56.3	Starting with Bartis Strange.
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