This week, new releases by Regina Spektor, Angélique Kidjo, and Soccer Mommy all center women’s voices. Plus, music by Monsieur Perine, Akusmi, and a timely rant from Petrol Girls.

New Zealand artist Marlon Williams has a seductively haunting honey-smooth voice. Following a breakup in 2018, his latest songs made beauty from heartbreak, (Archives.)

The Southwestern band Calexico performs mariachi and cumbia-laced songs for the end times from their 2018 record, "The Thread That Keeps Us."

North Carolina-rooted songwriter and composer Rhiannon Giddens and Kentucky-rooted songwriter Dirk Powell combine banjos, fiddles, and piercing songs to explore a lost time in history. 

Kate Bush tops the charts; Lizz Wright covers Neil Young; and Ben Harper gets angry and funky. Plus, new music from FKA Twigs, Perfume Genius, and L.A's Wild Up plays Julius Eastman.

London-based Curse of Lono is named for the Hunter S. Thompson book, and their cinematic southern gothic songs might be a great companion for a late night drive. They play remotely. 

This week, a madcap premiere from the band Making Movies, a peek into obscure internet voices with The Range, and a return for the band Shearwater.

With Baroque pop, Nina Simone, & Brian Eno as touchstones, hear the dreamlike minimalist folk music by Richmond duo Lean Year, in-studio.

String quintet Sybarite5 join John Schaefer in-studio to perform new chamber works written just for them, from their recent crowd-funded record, "Outliers."