New Courtney Barnett, Exitmusic, The Tiny Desk Contest And More

[NPR Music]( [View this email in your browser]( [All Songs Considered]( [All Songs Considered]( [New Mix: Courtney Barnett, Exitmusic, Okkervil River, More]( Since releasing her incredible, 2015 debut album Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, Courtney Barnett has released a collaboration record with Kurt Vile and a one-off single called "How To Boil An Egg." But she's back now with a new full-length solo album. Tell Me How You Really Feel is due out May 18 and we've got the first single from it, "Nameless, Faceless." That plus long-awaited new music from Exitmusic, a thoughtful treatise on love and autonomy from Half Waif (former Pinegrove keyboardist Nandi Rose Plunkett's project); a 12-minute dark-drone epic from Swedish organist Anna von Hausswolff and more. [Hear The Discussion And Songs]( All Songs Considered [You Can Now Enter The 2018 Tiny Desk Contest]( The 2018 Tiny Desk Contest is now open! Starting today, you can submit your video via the entry form on our website. We'll be accepting entries through March 25 at 11:59pm EST. If you win, you'll play your very own Tiny Desk concert at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. After that, you'll come on a nationwide tour with NPR Music and Lagunitas Brewing Company. [Enter The Tiny Desk Contest]( Tiny Desk [Big Daddy Kane: Tiny Desk Concert]( One of the greatest to ever bless the mic, Big Daddy Kane treated Tiny Desk to an office block party in the true essence of hip-hop. He performed a short set of classics, including "Smooth Operator," "Ain't No Half Steppin'," "Raw" and a bonus freestyle. Through his warm, engaging and devilishly self-effacing style, the pioneer used an interlude between songs to address the intergenerational divisiveness defining rap today and the importance of fans of all ages supporting whatever they like, while "focusing on what's positive and keeping that in the spotlight." [See The Tiny Desk Performance]( All Songs Considered [All Songs +1: Rejjie Snow Talks Black-Irish Identity, Relationships and Bad Rap]( Rejjie Snow takes pride in being an anomaly. An Irish-born rapper with a world perspective, outspoken views and jazz-inspired beat selections, Rejjie, born Alexander Anyaegbunam, has always been an outlier. "I had a different outlook growing up where I grew up 'cause, as you say, I grew up listening to techno music. With making hip-hop I've got a different perspective and experience," Rejjie says through a mild, omniscient accent. "When I first started making music I was just trying to be super American and nothing about that was like myself." [Hear The Conversation And Songs]( All Songs Considered [Hear A New Song Of Celebration From River Whyless]( River Whyless is a band whose members push themselves toward perfection while holding each other up and allowing for some risk-taking. This is a band not only of strong players and singers but something a lot of bands rarely have: multiple, talented songwriters. The new song from this Asheville-based quartet, "Van Dyke Brown," is a revelatory coming-of-age tune. [Hear The New Song]( NPR | 1111 N. Capitol St. NE | Washington, DC 20002 | [Privacy Policy]( This message was sent to {EMAIL} based on your NPR email subscriptions. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you may [unsubscribe]( at any time. [NPR](