New Music Friday: The best releases out on Aug. 18

Published: Aug. 18, 2023, 9 a.m.

b'NPR Music\'s picks for the best albums out this week include new releases from Jon Batiste, Hozier, Rhiannon Giddens, Cautious Clay and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Jon Batiste \\u2014 World Music Radio
Featured Songs: "BOOM FOR REAL," "Hello, Billy Bob," "Be Who You Are (feat. JID, NewJeans & Camilo)," "Uneasy (feat. Lil Wayne)"
2. Hozier \\u2014 Unreal Unearth
Featured Songs: "Anything But," "De Selby (Part 1)," "Eat Your Young," "Butchered Tongue," "Who We Are"
3. Genesis Owusu \\u2014 Struggler
Featured Songs: "Leaving The Light," "Stay Blessed," "Freak Boy," "That\'s Life (A Swamp)"
4. Rhiannon Giddens \\u2014 You\'re the One
Featured Songs: "Way Over Yonder," "You Louisiana Man," "If You Don\'t Know How Sweet It Is"
5. Cautious Clay \\u2014 KARPEH
Featured Songs: "Fishtown," "102 Years of Comedy (Intro)," "Karpehs Don\'t Flinch"

Lightning Round:
DeYarmond Edison \\u2014 EPOCH
Quavo \\u2014 Rocket Power
Rene\\xe9 Rapp \\u2014 Snow Angel
Talking Heads \\u2014 Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition)

Other notable releases for Aug. 18:
Alana Springsteen \\u2014 Twenty Something
Birdy \\u2014 Portraits
Bobby Rush \\u2014 All My Love For You
Fiddlehead \\u2014 Death is Nothing To Us
Grace Potter \\u2014 Mother Road
Margaret Glaspy \\u2014 Echo The Diamond
Mick Jenkins \\u2014 The Patience
Panda Bear, Sonic Boom & Adrian Sherwood \\u2014 Reset In Dub
Russ \\u2014 SANTIAGO
Shamir \\u2014 Homo Anxietatem
Tash Sultana \\u2014 Sugar EP.
Teddy Thompson \\u2014 My Love of Country


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