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In our time, it's easy to shut your mind, driven by fear or misinformation. This year, NPR Music's pop critic found the ...

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Here are the top 10 albums by New Jersey-based indie artists for 2025, according to Makin Waves. “Diaspora,” Arlan Feiles — This heartbreaking journey through the horrors that the Jewish Diaspora has ...

The New Music Friday and Pop Culture Happy Hour host had a hard time narrowing his favorite albums of 2025 down to 10 — the ...

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