Mark Turner

There's been some great music released since the last New Music Friday episode in late November. So, on this slow January release day, NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and WRTI's Nate Chinen catch you up on the best albums we heard in December in between "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer." Featured Albums: • ROSÉ, 'rosie' • Lauren Mayberry, 'Vicious Creature' • Brad Mehldau, Mark Turner & Peter Bernstein, 'Solid Jackson' • The Innocence Mission, 'Midwinter Swimmers' • SAULT, 'Acts of Faith' Visit npr.org/music to see the long list of albums you might have missed in December, and stream our New Music Friday playlist. CREDITS: Host: Stephen Thompson, NPR Music Guest: Nate Chinen, WRTI Producer: Simon Rentner Editor: Otis Hart Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins

On her new album, 'The Glass Hours,' bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh entrusts form with feeling, enlisting some exceptional peers. Read more in our Album of the Week review.