New Music Friday: The best releases out on June 2

Published: June 2, 2023, 9 a.m.

b'Hear the powerfully poetic Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? from McKinley Dixon, a scorcher from Bully, Aisha Badru\'s Learning to Love Again, the first new solo album in 15 years from Ben Folds and more.

Featured Albums:
1. McKinley Dixon \\u2014 Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
Featured Songs: "Run, Run, Run," "Hanif Reads Toni," "Live! From the Kitchen Table (feat. Ghais Guevara)"
2. Bully \\u2014 Lucky For You
Featured Songs: "Hard to Love," "Lose You (feat. Soccer Mommy)," "All I Do"
3. Aisha Badru \\u2014 Learning to Love Again
Featured Songs: "Path of Least Resistance," "Inside," "Move"
4. Ben Folds \\u2014 What Matters Most
Featured Songs: "What Matters Most," "Clouds with Ellipses," "Kristine from the 7th Grade," "Moments (feat. Tall Heights)"
5. W.I.T.C.H. \\u2014 Zango
Featured Songs: "Waile," "Avalanche of Love (feat. Sampa the Great)"

Lightning Round:
Foo Fighters \\u2014 But Here We Are
Juan Wauters \\u2014 Wandering Rebel
Lazy Salon \\u2014 Bellis
Toosii \\u2014 NAUJOUR

Other notable releases for June 2:
The Aquadolls \\u2014 Charmed
Bob Dylan \\u2014 Shadow Kingdom
Cowboy Junkies \\u2014 Such Ferocious Beauty
Jack Johnson \\u2014 In Between Dub
Kenny Rogers \\u2014 Life is Like a Song
Linda May Han Oh \\u2014 The Glass Hours
Moneybagg Yo \\u2014 Hard to Love
Noel Gallagher\'s High Flying Birds \\u2014 Council Skies
Protomartyr \\u2014 Formal
Rufus Wainwright \\u2014 Folkocracy
Tanya Tucker \\u2014 Sweet Western Sound


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