Featured albums:
• Coco Jones, 'Why Not More' (Stream)
• Samia, 'Bloodless' (Stream)
• Emma-Jean Thackray, 'Weirdo' (Stream)
• David Murray, 'Birdly Serenade' (Stream)
• Fly Anakin, '(The) Forever Dream' (Stream)
Check out our long list of albums out April 25 and sample more 50 of them via our New Music Friday playlist at npr.org/music.
To learn more about the Tiny Desk Contest artists you heard in this episode, check out Ayana Contreras' Top Shelf special on YouTube.
Credits
Host: Stephen Thompson
Guest: Ayana Contreras, KUVO Jazz & The Drop
Producer: Simon Rentner
Editor: Otis Hart
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins
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