The very best albums out June 14 : All Songs Thought-about : NPR

Luke Combs’s new album, Fathers & Sons, is his first since his cowl of Tracy Chapman’s “Quick Automobile” turned a pop smash in 2023.

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Luke Combs’s new album, Fathers & Sons, is his first since his cowl of Tracy Chapman’s “Quick Automobile” turned a pop smash in 2023.

Zach Massey/Courtesy of the artist

This week, NPR Music’s Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Ann Powers steer the New Music Friday podcast straight into the oncoming Father’s Day weekend, following the lead of nation famous person Luke Combs, whose new album Fathers & Sons is a heartfelt meditation on what it means to fill each of these roles. It is Combs’ first album since his cowl of Tracy Chapman’s “Quick Automobile” landed him on the pop charts final yr.

Additionally this week: Raveena, who gained over many followers at NPR Music together with her 2022 album Asha’s Awakening, excavates the sounds of millennial pop and R&B on The place the Butterflies Go within the Rain; plus, a long-celebrated 1974 bootleg of Paul McCartney and Wings taking part in stay within the studio will get an official launch.

Featured Albums:
• Luke Combs, Fathers & Sons
• Raveena, The place the Butterflies Go within the Rain
• Paul McCartney & Wings, One Hand Clapping

Different notable albums out June 14:
• The Decemberists, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Once more
• Normani, Dopamine
• PJ Morton, Cape City to Cairo
• That is Lorelei, Field for Buddy, Field for Star
• Jess Cornelius, Care/Taking
• Sadler Vaden, Dad Rock
• Don Tolliver, Hardstone Psycho
• Hermanos Gutiérrez, Sonido Cósmico
• Sam Morton, Daffodils & Dust
• John Cale, POPtical Phantasm
• Isobel Campbell, Bow to Love
• John Grant, The Artwork of the Lie
• Lalah Hathaway, VANTABLACK
• Moby, at all times centered at night time
• Zsela, Massive For You