Stephen Thompson

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254 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2026 last heard 5d ago

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NPR Music · New Music Friday: The best albums out Sept. 18 · 18 Sep 2026 podcast

You take High on a Mountain, which is a cover of a song by Ola Bell Reid,

And the way the song is arranged, it's kind of bookended by these acapella vocals.

And then, you know, in the middle, you have this, like, banjo and strings amble.

It's, you know, it's so beautiful and so warm, and you can just, like, wear it.

Like, you can just, like, wrap it around you like an old blanket.

But then you, like, when you start to tap in, like, her vocal...

is really hitting hard.

What a gift.

Rhiannon Giddens.

Her new album is called Hope is the Thing with Feathers.

Now, Brian, every week I say this, and every week it's true, there are too many records out to fit into one podcast.

So we do a lightning round of some of our other favorite songs with the help of some members of the NPR music team.

Brian, why don't you kick us off?

Cabbage in the garden Rabbit on the run

Nice.

Thanks, Brian.

I'll go next.

Two of my favorite artists of the 21st century are Johan Johansson...

The wonderful, kind of sadly no longer with us, Icelandic composer.

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