Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new songs and videos — and anything else that strikes them as intriguing. This week, Brandi Carlile explores motherhood, Migos and Marshmello unite for a rap-rock collaboration and Chris Thile collects his tracks from “A Prairie Home Companion” into an album.

We also published our lists of the Best Albums and Best Songs of 2017 — that’s 35 pop albums, 20 jazz albums and 54 more tracks to listen to this weekend!

Just want the music? Listen to this Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes). Like what you hear? Let us know at theplaylist@nytimes.com and sign up for our Louder newsletter, a once-a-week blast of our pop music coverage, here.