9 New Albums You Ought to Hearken to Now: Beyoncé, Roc Marciano, and Extra

With a lot good music being launched on a regular basis, it may be arduous to find out what to hearken to first. Each week, Pitchfork presents a run-down of serious new releases out there on streaming providers. This week’s batch consists of new initiatives from Beyoncé, Roc Marciano, Saya Grey, Kelly Moran, Reyna Tropical, NTS, Arushi Jain, Omar Souleyman, and Vial. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday e-newsletter to get our suggestions in your inbox each week. (All releases featured listed below are independently chosen by our editors. Once you purchase one thing via our affiliate hyperlinks, nonetheless, Pitchfork earns an affiliate fee.)

Beyoncé: Cowboy Carter [Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia]

Beyoncé is again with act two of her promised Renaissance trilogy. Cowboy Carter melds nation, folks, blues, and gospel to forged a recent eye on pop and R&B’s roots. Outlaw nation unique Willie Nelson options, and covers of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” and the Beatles’ “Blackbird” assist the album’s inquiry into her, and our tradition’s, musical ancestry; extra visitor spots from Miley Cyrus, Put up Malone, and “Buckle Bunny” singer Tanner Adell, in the meantime, assist deliver the album into the current day.

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7 Takeaways From Beyoncé’s New Album Cowboy Carter

Roc Marciano: Marciology [Pimpire/Marci Enterprises]