Daily Newsletter, November 19, 2025

Legends such as Elton John, Ringo Starr, Boz Scaggs, Chrissie Hynde and many others released outstanding albums in 2025.

DUKE & GOLDIE ROMANCE AND RAMBLIN’ INDEPENDENT Duke and Goldie are Vancouver’s Eric “The Duke” Duquette and Jena “Goldie” Gogo, who some might be familiar as longtime members of roots rockers Blue Sky Miners. As a duo, Duke and Goldie take one step away from rock to dive deep into the Americana/country territory, as is […]

Both Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney bow to the influence of this one songwriter they call a genius, proving his insane impact of the music world.

This concept makes the music of Levitation Orchestra run a very natural course here, something that really embodies the essence of spiritual jazz.

THE BEATROOT ROAD HUMANIMAL INDEPENDENT In most cases when artists/bands attempt to cover as many genres as possible or subgenres on a single album, the first thing that might come to mind to many listeners is that old saying, or a variation of it, “bite off more than you can chew.” Yet, what if, by […]

In the mid 20th century Italian mathematician Luigi Fantappié proposed the law of syntropy. The idea was an inversion and counter to entropy. Against the tendency pushing things to melt into chaos and disorder Fantappié suggested there might be an opposite force towards order, organisation and complexity. DJ Galen is the club leaning project of […]

Ned Raggett considers the geographical, cultural and political pressures that helped form Psychocandy, J&MC debut album.

'It's kind of like what happened with Donna Summer when she was making disco records.'

According to David Gilmour, this one element of Leonard Cohen's career still hasn't been recognised or celebrated enough, despite the love for the artist.

This week brings new releases from Joy Williams, Simon Winchester and Tracy K. Smith, among other talented writers.

In our final contenders episode of 2025, we’ve got some late additions to our running list of the year’s best songs, including Robyn’s first new release in seven years, the return of the existential shoegaze band Nothing and, of course, we’ve gotta include Rosalía.NPR Music editor Hazel Cills joins host Robin Hilton.Featured artists and songs:Robyn: “Dopamine” (single)Rosalía: “Divinize,” from 'LUX'Snocaps: “Over Our Heads,” from ‘Snocaps’Bassvictim: “Mr. President,” from ‘Forever’Lola Young: “SPIDERS,” from ‘I’m Only F****** Myself’Nothing: “cannibal world,” from ‘a short history of decay’Weekly reset: Walking through Nara Park (the deer park) in Nara, Japan, on an autumn afternoon.Enjoy the show? Send it to a friend and leave us a review on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: [email protected]