Legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint's final recording, American Tunes, is out on Nonesuch Records next Friday, June 10. But you don't need to wait till then to hear it: the album is streaming in full here till then as an NPR First Listen. The album presents "an almost retrospective, autumnal focus on the ideas which made him and his music," writes NPR's Patrick Jarenwattananon. "It's hard not to read a subtext here: that all these songs belonged in the canon which gave rise to Toussaint and his city, and thus to the bigger picture of important American tunes." Hear the album in full here.
Legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint's final recording, American Tunes, is out on Nonesuch Records next Friday, June 10. But you don't need to wait till then to hear it: the album is streaming in full below till then as an NPR First Listen.
The album presents "an almost retrospective, autumnal focus on the ideas which made him and his music," writes NPR's Patrick Jarenwattananon. "It's hard not to read a subtext here: that all these songs belonged in the canon which gave rise to Toussaint and his city, and thus to the bigger picture of important American tunes."
Read the complete review at npr.org/music and hear American Tunes in full below. Reserve a copy of American Tunes on iTunes and the Nonesuch Store to download the album tracks "Big Chief" and "Confessin' (That I Love You)" now. Nonesuch Store CD and vinyl pre-orders also include an exclusive, limited-edition print.
The NPR Music First Listen embed was replaced with a Spotify embed following the album's release.
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