<description>Ella Langley. Wesley Joseph. The spellbinding Juni Habel. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson chats with &lt;a href="https://www.wmot.org/people/chloe-kimes"target="_blank" &gt;Chloe Kimes from WMOT in Nashville&lt;/a&gt; about their favorite albums out Friday, April 10. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer personal picks in our lightning round.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The Starting 5&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;(00:00) Ella Langley, 'Dandelion'&lt;br&gt;(08:24) Tenille Townes, 'The Acrobat'&lt;br&gt;(15:53) Wesley Joseph, 'Forever Ends Someday'&lt;br&gt;(21:22) Brown Horse, 'Total Dive'&lt;br&gt;(27:03) Juni Habel, 'Evergreen In Your Mind'&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;(32:31) The Lightning Round&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;- Gracie and Rachel, 'If We Could, Would We'&lt;br&gt;- Melanie Baker, 'Somebody Help Me, I'm Being Spontaneous!'&lt;br&gt;- upsammy &amp; Valentina Magaletti, 'Seismo'&lt;br&gt;- Spirit Adrift, 'Infinite Illumination'&lt;br&gt;- Drivin N Cryin, 'Crushing Flowers'&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Sample the albums via our New Music Friday playlist and see our Long List of notable releases on &lt;a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/04/09/nx-s1-5778465/new-music-friday-best-albums-april-10-2026"target="_blank" &gt;NPR.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Credits:&lt;br&gt;Host: Stephen Thompson&lt;br&gt;Guest: &lt;a href="https://www.wmot.org/people/chloe-kimes"target="_blank" &gt;Chloe Kimes, WMOT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Audio Producers: Noah Caldwell, Alina Edwards&lt;br&gt;Digital Producer: Dora Levite&lt;br&gt;Editors: Otis Hart, Elle Mannion&lt;br&gt;Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed&lt;br&gt;Special thanks to Lars Gotrich, Ann Powers and Hazel Cills&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;See &lt;a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com"&gt;pcm.adswizz.com&lt;/a&gt; for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy"&gt;NPR Privacy Policy&lt;/a&gt;</description>

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New Music Friday: The best albums out April 10

APR 10, 202640 MIN
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New Music Friday: The best albums out April 10

APR 10, 202640 MIN

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Ella Langley. Wesley Joseph. The spellbinding Juni Habel. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson chats with Chloe Kimes from WMOT in Nashville about their favorite albums out Friday, April 10. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer personal picks in our lightning round.The Starting 5(00:00) Ella Langley, 'Dandelion'(08:24) Tenille Townes, 'The Acrobat'(15:53) Wesley Joseph, 'Forever Ends Someday'(21:22) Brown Horse, 'Total Dive'(27:03) Juni Habel, 'Evergreen In Your Mind'(32:31) The Lightning Round- Gracie and Rachel, 'If We Could, Would We'- Melanie Baker, 'Somebody Help Me, I'm Being Spontaneous!'- upsammy & Valentina Magaletti, 'Seismo'- Spirit Adrift, 'Infinite Illumination'- Drivin N Cryin, 'Crushing Flowers'Sample the albums via our New Music Friday playlist and see our Long List of notable releases on NPR.orgCredits:Host: Stephen ThompsonGuest: Chloe Kimes, WMOTAudio Producers: Noah Caldwell, Alina EdwardsDigital Producer: Dora LeviteEditors: Otis Hart, Elle MannionExecutive Producer: Suraya MohamedSpecial thanks to Lars Gotrich, Ann Powers and Hazel CillsSee pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy