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New Music Friday: Stream projects from fantasy of a broken heart, Nines, Ezra Collective, and more

It's New Music Friday, and once more The FADER is rounding up all the albums you should stream. Today, hear new projects from Ezra Collective, fantasy of a broken heart, Nines, Xiu Xiu, and more

music / Hip-Hop

Milton Nascimento and esperanza spalding’s journey into jazz’s open ocean

esperanza spalding tells the story of her new joint album with legendary Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento.

music / Rock

Reflections on Blue Note Jazz Fest 2024

A look back on the best moments of the Blue Note Jazz Club’s annual festival, featuring Sun Ra Arkestra, Mulatu Astatke, and more.

music / Rock

The artists of Outer Spaceways Incorporated on preserving Sun Ra’s galactic legacy

Kronos Quartet & Friends discuss their new Sun Ra tribute album and celebrate Arkestra leader Marshall Allen’s 100th birthday.

music / Jazz

Arooj Aftab’s constellations

Arooj Aftab discusses the far-flung foundations of her new album, Night Reign.

music / Pop

Let Amirtha Kidambi’s New Monuments be your call to action

Read our Discover Blogly review of New Monuments, a musical tour de force with a revolutionary spirit from Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones.

music / Jazz

Shabaka announces new album featuring André 3000, Floating Points, Moses Sumney, and more

Watch the video for “End of Innocence,” the lead single from Shabaka’s forthcoming album, ‘Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge its Grace.’

music / Jazz

Karriem Riggins and Madlib share new track/video “Otis’ Tambourine”

Watch the video for Madlib and Karriem Riggins’ latest Jahari Massamba Unit track, “Otis’ Tambourine.”

music / Jazz

Red Hot announces Meshell Ndegeochello-curated Sun Ra tribute album

Listen to “#9 Venus The Living Myth,” from AIDS non-profit Red Hot’s newly announced, Meshell Ndegeocello-curated Sun Ra tribute project.

music / Jazz

Watch André 3000 perform a New Blue Sun track on Colbert

André 3000 chatted and performed his song "That Night in Hawaii When I Turned into a Panther and Started Making These Low Register Purring Tones That I Couldn't Control ... Sh¥t Was Wild" on Stephen Colbert's Late Show.

music / Jazz

The 100 best songs of 2023

From Sexyy Redd to Liturgy and Fever Ray to Ralphie Choo, these are the songs we loved in 2023.

music / Hip-Hop

Madlib and Karriem Riggins announce new album, share “Stomping Gamay”

Karriem Riggins and Madlib will release their second album as Jahari Massamba Unit, titled YHWH Is Love, on March 1, 2024.

music / Hip-Hop