NPR Music to stream new albums from Bruce Springsteen, Cee Lo Green, Salome and Os Mutantes tribute

Beginning today, NPR Music offers advance streams of new albums from Bruce Springsteen, Cee Lo Green, Salome, and a tribute to Os Mutantes. All of the recordings are available for free, on-demand listening at www.npr.org/music as part of the site’s “First Listen” series.

Bruce Springsteen: NPR streams 15 of its favorite tracks from the Boss’ new two-CD set The Promise. The collection includes 21 never-before-heard tracks, and is being released in conjunction with a reissue of his 1978 album Darkness on the Edge of Town. Stream songs from The Promise here:
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Cee Lo Green: Riding high on the success of “F--- You,” the artist is about to release his much-anticipated new solo album. In addition to the catchy and profanity-laden first single, the album highlights Cee Lo’s trademark vocal and lyrical intensity, and is produced by Remi Salaam (Nas), among others. Stream The Lady Killer:
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Salome: Known for having one of the most powerful lead vocalists in the scene, the “doom metal” rockers in Salome are about to release a new album called Terminal. The work of a stand-out performer at this year’s SXSW festival, this album has been widely anticipated by writers in the metal world:
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Os Mutantes Tribute: The legendary Brazillian psychedelic musicians are celebrated by Latin and world-music performers, including Aterciopelados, Café Tacuba, and others. The covers pay respect to the innovative and influential band, which just completed a tour with Magic Kids and Ariel Pink. Stream El Justiciero Cha, Cha, Cha here:
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Complete track listings and album information will be available at NPR Music, where there are also extensive archives of concerts, interviews and reviews with artists of all genres.

NPR Music's "First Listen" series is one of the site's most popular features, and is currently streaming albums from Brian Eno, Black Dub, and Weekend, and is frequently updated with new material.

The "First Listen" series is just one feature of NPR Music, which celebrates great music in every genre and is an industry leader in music discovery. The free, multimedia website at www.npr.org/music offers more than 300 new features monthly and an extensive archive, in collaboration with NPR's newsmagazines, 12 public radio member stations and the passionate NPR community. NPR Music creates and distributes inventive music coverage across multiple platforms – from web, to radio, to podcast, to mobile, to social media, to live events – with first listens to new albums, live performances, concerts at the Tiny Desk, interviews, reviews and blogs. Many of the site’s features are also available to mobile audiences with the NPR Music App for the iPhone and iPod Touch.