About this episode
Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon. Emily Scott Robinson. Blood harmonies from Irish brothers Ye Vagabonds. Stephen Thompson from NPR Music chats with Dre Castillo from KVNF in western Colorado about the best albums out Friday, Jan. 30. The Starting 5 (00:00) Introduction (01:21) Emily Scott Robinson, 'Appalachia' (08:58) Ye Vagabonds, 'All Tied Together' (16:05) Jordan Ward, 'Backward' (21:48) Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon, 'As Of Now' (27:18) Orestes Gomez, 'No me fui porque quise' The Lightning Round - Don Toliver, 'OCTANE' - Lande Hekt, 'Lucky Now' - By Storm, 'My Ghosts Go Ghost’ - Yumi Zouma, 'No Love Lost to Kindness' - David Moore, 'Graze the Bell' Sample the albums via our New Music Friday playlist on NPR.org/allsongs. Credits Host: Stephen Thompson Guest: Dre Castillo, KVNF Audio Producer: Noah Caldwell Digital Producer: Dora Levite Editors: Otis Hart, Elle Mannion Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy