New Music Friday: The best releases out on June 2

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Hear the powerfully poetic Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? from McKinley Dixon, a scorcher from Bully, Aisha Badru's Learning to Love Again, the first new solo album in 15 years from Ben Folds and more.
Featured Albums:
1. McKinley Dixon — Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
Featured Songs: "Run, Run, Run," "Hanif Reads Toni," "Live! From the Kitchen Table (feat. Ghais Guevara)"
2. Bully — Lucky For You
Featured Songs: "Hard to Love," "Lose You (feat. Soccer Mommy)," "All I Do"
3. Aisha Badru — Learning to Love Again
Featured Songs: "Path of Least Resistance," "Inside," "Move"
4. Ben Folds — What Matters Most
Featured Songs: "What Matters Most," "Clouds with Ellipses," "Kristine from the 7th Grade," "Moments (feat. Tall Heights)"
5. W.I.T.C.H. — Zango
Featured Songs: "Waile," "Avalanche of Love (feat. Sampa the Great)"
Lightning Round:
Foo Fighters — But Here We Are
Juan Wauters — Wandering Rebel
Lazy Salon — Bellis
Toosii — NAUJOUR
Other notable releases for June 2:
The Aquadolls — Charmed
Bob Dylan — Shadow Kingdom
Cowboy Junkies — Such Ferocious Beauty
Jack Johnson — In Between Dub
Kenny Rogers — Life is Like a Song
Linda May Han Oh — The Glass Hours
Moneybagg Yo — Hard to Love
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds — Council Skies
Protomartyr — Formal
Rufus Wainwright — Folkocracy
Tanya Tucker — Sweet Western Sound
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