New Music Friday: The Top 6 Albums Out On April 23

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🗓️ 23 April 2021

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NPR Music's shortlist for the best albums out on April 23 includes Nashville singer and rapper Houston Kendrick's technicolor pop, Malian Kora player Toumani Diabaté, Dinosaur Jr. and more.

1. Houston Kendrick — Small Infinity
Featured Song: "Ugly Vybes"
2. Hannah Jadagu — What Is Going On?
Featured Song: "Sundown"
3. Dinosaur Jr. — Sweep It Into Space
Featured Song: "And Me"
4. Arooj Aftab — Vulture Prince
Featured Songs: "Suroor" and "Baghon Main"
5. Toumani Diabaté and The London Symphony Orchestra — Korolen
Featured Songs: "Elyne Road" and "Cantelowes"
6. Hasaan Ibn Ali — Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album
Featured Song: "El Hasaan"

Other notable releases for April 23: Alfa Mist — Bring Backs; Ethel Cain — Inbred; Jupiter Okwess — Na Kozonga

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0:00.0	I'm Yo-A-Shaw.
0:01.0	I'm Kea Miyakanatees.
0:02.5	We're the hosts of the MPR podcast Invisibility.
0:05.6	You can think of Invisibility kind of like a sonic black light.
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0:14.1	Stories that help you notice things in your world that maybe you didn't see before.
0:19.5	Listen to the Invisibility podcast from MPR.
0:22.8	Happy Friday everyone from MPR Music and All Songs.
0:25.3	Considered I'm Robin Hilton.
0:26.6	I'm here with WNXP's Julie Haite Julie.
0:29.8	Hey, Robin.
0:30.8	It's new music Friday and we're taking a quick look at the best albums and EPs out now
0:34.7	on April 23rd.
0:36.4	Starting with the Nashville singer and rapper Houston Kendrick and his latest, it's called
0:40.7	Small Infinity.
0:42.0	I don't do well in crowded places.
0:45.4	I get tried to create new faces.
0:48.6	Ackly by the soul contagious.
0:52.1	No chance to be too weak.
0:54.2	Please, they want to hang with me.
0:55.6	I cannot really rock.
0:57.2	That's why when everybody will buy this lady vibe.
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