Even from his cell in Cobb County, Young Thug is still running laps around the music industry. This past New Music Friday (June 23), the Atlanta-based artist dropped BUSINESS IS BUSINESS, his first LP since 2021's Punk. He connected with several familiar faces on the tracklist, though fans seem to be enjoying Drake and 21 Savage's various contributions the most so far. Others who appear throughout the 15-song effort include Future, Lil Uzi Vert, and Travis Scott.

Hear 'Jolene' Dolly Parton's "Jolene," originally released in 1973. Toggle more options Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/95520570/95555222" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Mindy Smith's "Jolene," which Parton has endorsed as her favorite version of the song. Toggle more options Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/95520570/95555232" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> When Dolly Parton launched her career on a country-music television show in the late 1960s, she says, she used to sign autographs every night after the broadcast.

Australian anthemsMusicSilverchair – Tomorrow: the song that blew open Australian rockAustralian anthems: Sophisticated it isn't, but the global success of this tune by teenagers from Newcastle had a massive impact on aspiring Australian musicians Tomorrow is not a complicated song, and it certainly isn’t original. When it was released in 1994, many critics savaged it. To this day, Silverchair’s most ardent fans continue to debate its artistic merits. But Tomorrow deserves recognition nonetheless.

Fierce … Anne-Marie Duff and Carol MacReady in The House of Shades. Photograph: Helen MurrayFierce … Anne-Marie Duff and Carol MacReady in The House of Shades. Photograph: Helen MurrayTheatreReviewAlmeida, London Beth Steel’s ambitious new play follows the Webster family over decades, with Duff as a thwarted singer This is an intergenerational family drama, inspired by Greek myth, with a radical revisionism at its core. The ancient royals are replaced by working-class characters in Nottinghamshire and the play stretches across more than half a century in the lives of the Webster brood, whose trajectories we follow from 1965 to 2019.

February 21, 2020 Introducing: The Other Latif February 21, 2020 • Radiolab's Latif Nasser always believed his name was unique, singular, completely his own. Until one day when he makes a bizarre and shocking discovery. He shares his name with another man: Abdul Latif Nasser, detainee 244 at Guantanamo Bay. The U.S. government paints a terrifying picture of The Other Latif as Al-Qaeda's top explosives expert, and one of the most important advisors to Osama bin Laden.