New Music Friday, globalFEST Discoveries, Ty Segall First Listen, More

[NPR Music]( [View this email in your browser]( [All Songs Considered]( [All Songs Considered]( [New Music Friday For January 19]( A lot of times we feature songs on the show from albums that won't be out for several more weeks or months, and by the time those albums finally drop, a lot of you may have already forgotten about them (it happens to us all the time). So this week we're introducing a new podcast episode on All Songs Considered to remind you of all the great albums out now in their entirety. Each Friday we'll run through the essential new releases, starting this week with music from The Go! Team, Belle & Sebastian, Glen Hansard, Shopping and more. Subscribe to our podcast to hear more! [Subscribe To The Podcast]( All Songs Considered [Our Top Discoveries From globalFEST 2018]( Not matter how much of a music geek you may be, globalFEST is a music festival of discovery for everyone. Now in its 15th year, it's a celebration of music from around the world. This year's festival featured extraordinary Congolese music from Jupiter & Okwess, Brazilian avant-pop from Ava Rocha, a twist on traditional Irish music from Jarlath Henderson, modern Iranian songs and poetry from Mohsen Namjoo, and so much more. [Hear The Discussion And Songs]( Tiny Desk [The Lemon Twigs: Tiny Desk Concert]( It's as if brothers Brian and Michael D'Addario fell from the sky, victims of a transporter beam gone awry in 1971, and landed at Bob Boilen's desk, with guitars in hand, right next to a perfectly tuned Yamaha upright piano. When they dusted themselves off, Brian (20) and Michael (18) channeled their deep admiration for The Beatles with their own original tunes as The Lemon Twigs, playing songs from their recent EP Brothers Of Destruction, a natural extension to their debut album Do Hollywood, filled with Paul McCartney-pop leanings. [See The Tiny Desk Performance]( First Listen [First Listen: Ty Segall, 'Freedom's Goblin']( "This song's about my dog, Fanny." So says Ty Segall with a boyish grin at the start of his recent appearance on Conan. As promised, the song he performs, "Fanny Dog," is about his beloved pet. Segall's homespun voice bears a resemblance to The Band, and the name Fanny doesn't hurt that association, conjuring as it does the memory of The Band's "The Weight" and its refrain of "Take a load off, Fanny." But on Freedom's Goblin - Segall's new album, and the one on which "Fanny Dog" appears - Segall does more than pay his typically spirited homage to punk, psychedelia and classic rock. [Hear The Full Album]( All Songs Considered [Tune-Yards' Merrill Garbus Pierces Her Own Privilege]( Here's a fact few white American musicians feel comfortable facing: every kind of American music, from Top-40 pop to high mountain bluegrass, has some root in the work and creativity of people of color. Arguments about appropriation surface most commonly when artists are clearly borrowing from well-known sources; Justin Timberlake's decision to repackage his blue-eyed funk in Ralph Lauren-style quasi-neutrals is the latest example of white performers side-stepping the fact that they owe their very souls to black collaborators, acknowledged or not. Merrill Garbus - and her synth-driven mash-ups of global rhythms and art-punk dreams in the duo Tune-Yards - have always more openly confronted the issue of appropriation than most. [Read More]( NPR | 1111 N. Capitol St. NE | Washington, DC 20002 | [Privacy Policy]( This message was sent to {EMAIL} based on your NPR email subscriptions. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you may [unsubscribe]( at any time. [NPR](