Hey there Cats and Kittens, welcome back to (the long overdue) New Music Friday - or, as I’m calling it this week, Sad Music Friday. Today’s word is longevity, can you say that? In searching through the dozen new releases of auto-tune/emo (C)rap and for some reason, bluegrass (???), that I’ve never heard of, I have to wonder which of these will be deleted/replaced with next week’s Spotify song of the day. I know I’m showing my age when I say this all sounds the same AND as always, I don’t buy that any of this is what the NPR hosts are really listening to, nor are the people buying iann dior listening to NPR. Do we really need to analyze “how effortlessly he shifts between genres” when next week’s flavor will autotune another playlist? Only two names standout on every new music list this week - Aoife O’Donovan and Janis Ian . O’Donovan’s third solo release, Age of Apathy (Yep Rock Records) is nice, but nothing really stands out, lost in the mix of other fe