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Shaboozey Brings Hip-Hop Grit to Country

Plus, more new music for your weekend.

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Produced by Elyssa Dudley and Kate LoPresti

Edited by Tina Antolini

Engineered by Alyssa Moxley

Featuring Jon Pareles

Jon Pareles, the chief pop music critic for The New York Times, recommends five new songs to listen to this weekend:

  • Shaboozey featuring Noah Cyrus, “My Fault”

  • Ayra Starr featuring Giveon, “Last Heartbreak Song”

  • Nathy Peluso, “La Presa”

  • Girl Scout, “I Just Needed You to Know”

  • Hermeto Pascoal, “Conversação”

Jon Pareles is the chief pop music critic for The Times.

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Jon Pareles has been The Times’s chief pop music critic since 1988. He studied music, played in rock, jazz and classical groups and was a college-radio disc jockey. He was previously an editor at Rolling Stone and the Village Voice. More about Jon Pareles

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