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In His New Song, Johnny Cash Goes to the Laundromat

… and more new music for your weekend.

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Produced by Tina Antolini

Edited by Wendy Dorr

Engineered by Dan Powell and Alyssa Moxley

Featuring Jon Pareles

Jon Pareles, chief pop music critic for The New York Times, picks a playlist of five recently released songs to listen to this weekend:

  • ‘Well Alright’ by Johnny Cash

  • ‘Sparrow’ by Lizz Wright featuring Angelique Kidjo

  • ‘Walk Through Fire’ by Yannis & The Yaw

  • ‘Please Don’t Fall In Love With Me’ by Khalid

  • ‘Raat Ki Rani’ by Arooj Aftab

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

ImageMusician Johnny Cash holds a guitar as he performs in Central Park in New York in 1993.
Credit...Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Photo: Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images

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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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