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Stanley Clarke and his band 4EVER perform a locked-in set of classics from the bassist's catalog while also giving them new life.

Ethel Cain. Charley Crockett. J.I.D. Plug in to the week's top new releases with NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and guest DeShun Nance of WJSU's The Sipp in Jackson, Miss. The Starting 5: • J.I.D, 'God Does Like Ugly' (Stream) • Ethel Cain, 'Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You' (Stream) • Amaarae, 'BLACK STAR' (Stream) • Charley Crockett, 'Dollar a Day' (Stream) • Gordi, 'Like Plasticine' (Stream) The Lightning Round: • Hayes Carll, 'We're Only Human' • Big Freedia, 'Pressing Onward' • Ashley Monroe, 'Tennessee Lightning' • Bryson Tiller, 'The Vices' • Ada Lea, 'when i paint my masterpiece' See our long list of albums out Aug. 8 and sample more than 50 of them via our New Music Friday playlist on the All Songs Considered blog. Credits Host: Stephen Thompson Guest: DeShun Nance (WJSU's The Sipp) Audio Producer: Noah Caldwell Digital Producer: Elle Mannion Production Assistant: Dora Levite Editor: Otis Hart Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed

Sabrina Carpenter. The Beaches. Margo Price. This week, Stephen Thompson chats with NPR Music's Hazel Cills and WMOT's Jessie Scott about the best new albums out this new music Friday. The Starting 5: • The Beaches, 'No Hard Feelings' • The Beths, 'Straight Line Was A Lie' • Margo Price, 'Hard Headed Woman' • Rodney Crowell, 'Airline Highway' • Anna Tivel, 'Animal Poem' Read more about WMOT's live webcast from AMERICANAFEST 2025. The Lightning Round: • Blood Orange, 'Essex Honey' • Jaelee Roberts, 'Let Me Be Lonely' • Brad Mehldau, 'Ride Into the Sun' • CMAT, 'EURO-COUNTRY' • Tiwa Savage, 'This One Is Personal' See the long list of albums out Aug. 29 and sample dozens of them via our New Music Friday playlist on npr.org.

Scott McVoy was named interim chief of the Jeffersonville Police Department.

In a new album, the youngest ever Van Cliburn winner puts his own stamp on Tchaikovsky's undervalued set of piano pieces called The Seasons.

Advocates say “community-based strategies” with involvement or leadership from local grassroots groups are a powerful and relatively cheap way of driving climate action, especially as the Trump administration rolls back as much progress as it can.

The Beach Boys' co-founder, songwriter and producer transformed pop music into high art and became America's answer to The Beatles' Lennon and McCartney in the process.

Three University of Louisville track athletes hope to foster community and teamwork through a free running program for kids.

Emily Hines introduces herself. The Armed rage against the machine. Mal Devisa makes a triumphant return. Read our list of the best albums out this week.

The United Auto Workers union has preliminarily won a razor-thin election at a fourth electric vehicle battery plant in the U.S.

Cities United and the Louisville Story Program team up to honor local violence interrupters and expand the conversation around public safety.

In this Together, the political action committee of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, raised more than $600,000 in the first half of this year, as he eyes a run for president.