#NowPlaying from NPR Music

Check out these new and upcoming books from our very own NPR authors.

Listen closely to The Handsome Family and it's as if you have stepped into a strange, shimmering plane.

The Portland singer-songwriter trades in twang for psychedelia on a plane-spotting song that captures a fluctuating melancholy.

The electronic-pop musician builds a distinct sense of time and place, complete with Blade Runner reference.

An engaging exploration of what is arguably the universal instrument of our species: the human voice.

Women came to Alaska during the gold rush to seek a better life, but their options were often limited to sex work; Juneau folk singer Annie Bartholomew tells their stories.

Who better than to capture Barbie's existential dread than Dua Lipa? Her disco-pop number is the first single off the Barbie The Album soundtrack.

Hear an inexplicable cover of the Fleetwood Mac classic, which appears on a reissue of the band's 2000 debut Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished.

Hear some purifying, holy fire music recorded at the height of the trio's powers.

The Philadelphia singer-songwriter reflects on sobriety, heartbreak and necessary growth in a honey-tinted sonic glow.