diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsndfile/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsndfile/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4c5c294d488a9d50821bfed6c5b23ba681b262f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsndfile/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Copyright 2013-2020 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class Libsndfile(AutotoolsPackage):
+    """Libsndfile is a C library for reading and writing files containing
+    sampled sound (such as MS Windows WAV and the Apple/SGI AIFF format)
+    through one standard library interface. It is released in source code
+    format under the Gnu Lesser General Public License."""
+
+    homepage = "http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/"
+    url      = "http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/files/libsndfile-1.0.28.tar.gz"
+
+    version('1.0.28', sha256='1ff33929f042fa333aed1e8923aa628c3ee9e1eb85512686c55092d1e5a9dfa9')
+
+    variant('alsa', default=False, description='Use alsa in example programs')
+    variant('external-libs',
+            default=False,
+            description='Build with support for FLAC, Ogg and Vorbis')
+    variant('sqlite', default=False, description='Build with sqlite support')
+
+    depends_on('pkgconfig', type='build')
+    depends_on('alsa-lib', when='+alsa')
+    depends_on('flac@1.3.1:', when='+external-libs')
+    depends_on('libogg@1.1.3:', when='+external-libs')
+    depends_on('libvorbis@1.2.3:', when='+external-libs')
+    depends_on('sqlite@3.2:', when='+sqlite')
+
+    def configure_args(self):
+        args = []
+
+        args += self.enable_or_disable('alsa')
+        args += self.enable_or_disable('external-libs')
+        args += self.enable_or_disable('sqlite')
+
+        return args
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-audioread/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-audioread/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b69f22b7205f310afbff56fee4d6e353d3e45396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-audioread/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Copyright 2013-2020 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class PyAudioread(PythonPackage):
+    """cross-library (GStreamer + Core Audio + MAD + FFmpeg) audio decoding for
+    Python."""
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/beetbox/audioread"
+    url      = "https://pypi.io/packages/source/a/audioread/audioread-2.1.8.tar.gz"
+
+    version('2.1.8', sha256='073904fabc842881e07bd3e4a5776623535562f70b1655b635d22886168dd168')
+
+    depends_on('py-setuptools', type='build')
+    # the following does not seem to be used for building but is listed in
+    # setup.py
+    depends_on('py-pytest-runner', type='build')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-librosa/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-librosa/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c720c12e632ff7f9c13604368029882a181910f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-librosa/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Copyright 2013-2020 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class PyLibrosa(PythonPackage):
+    """A python package for music and audio analysis."""
+
+    homepage = "http://github.com/librosa/librosa"
+    url      = "https://pypi.io/packages/source/l/librosa/librosa-0.7.2.tar.gz"
+
+    version('0.7.2', sha256='656bbda80e98e6330db1ead79cd084b13a762284834d7603fcf7cf7c0dc65f3c')
+
+    depends_on('py-setuptools', type='build')
+    depends_on('py-audioread@2.0.0:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-numpy@1.15.0:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-scipy@1.0.0:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-scikit-learn@0.14.0:0.18.999,0.19.1:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-joblib@0.12:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-decorator@3.0.0:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-six@1.3:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-resampy@0.2.2:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-numba@0.43.0:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-soundfile@0.9.0:', type=('build', 'run'))
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-llvmlite/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-llvmlite/package.py
index ad5e40196394ad58eebe98d57a312dad2928756a..c225e74354c62b2315aba5fad402e7b5604b29d4 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-llvmlite/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-llvmlite/package.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class PyLlvmlite(PythonPackage):
     homepage = "http://llvmlite.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html"
     url = "https://pypi.io/packages/source/l/llvmlite/llvmlite-0.23.0.tar.gz"
 
+    version('0.31.0', sha256='22ab2b9d7ec79fab66ac8b3d2133347de86addc2e2df1b3793e523ac84baa3c8')
     version('0.29.0', sha256='3adb0d4c9a17ad3dca82c7e88118babd61eeee0ee985ce31fa43ec27aa98c963')
     version('0.27.1', sha256='48a1c3ae69fd8920cba153bfed8a46ac46474bc706a2100226df4abffe0000ab')
     version('0.26.0', sha256='13e84fe6ebb0667233074b429fd44955f309dead3161ec89d9169145dbad2ebf')
@@ -25,7 +26,11 @@ class PyLlvmlite(PythonPackage):
 
     # llvmlite compatibility information taken from https://github.com/numba/llvmlite#compatibility
     depends_on('llvm@7.0:8.0.99', when='@0.29.0:')
-    depends_on('llvm@7.0:7.99', when='@0.27.0:0.28.99')
-    depends_on('llvm@6.0:6.99', when='@0.23.0:0.26.99')
-    depends_on('llvm@4.0:4.99', when='@0.17.0:0.20.99')
+    depends_on('llvm@7.0:7.0.99', when='@0.27.0:0.28.99')
+    depends_on('llvm@6.0:6.0.99', when='@0.23.0:0.26.99')
+    depends_on('llvm@4.0:4.0.99', when='@0.17.0:0.20.99')
     depends_on('binutils', type='build')
+
+    def setup_build_environment(self, env):
+        # Need to set PIC flag since this is linking statically with LLVM
+        env.set('CXX_FLTO_FLAGS', '-flto {0}'.format(self.compiler.pic_flag))
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-numba/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-numba/package.py
index a6f4175e073bcda356cafe53e9427a0dc26a989d..c3c288a4ae6a919809390107c13073511d033e61 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-numba/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-numba/package.py
@@ -12,18 +12,22 @@ class PyNumba(PythonPackage):
     homepage = "https://numba.pydata.org/"
     url      = "https://pypi.io/packages/source/n/numba/numba-0.35.0.tar.gz"
 
+    version('0.48.0', sha256='9d21bc77e67006b5723052840c88cc59248e079a907cc68f1a1a264e1eaba017')
     version('0.40.1', sha256='52d046c13bcf0de79dbfb936874b7228f141b9b8e3447cc35855e9ad3e12aa33')
     version('0.35.0', sha256='11564937757605bee590c5758c73cfe9fd6d569726b56d970316a6228971ecc3')
 
+    depends_on('python@3.6:', type=('build', 'run'), when='@0.48.0:')
     depends_on('python@3.3:3.7.9999', type=('build', 'run'), when='@0.40.1:')
     depends_on('python@3.3:3.6.9999', type=('build', 'run'), when='@:0.35.0')
+    depends_on('py-numpy@1.15:', type=('build', 'run'), when='@0.48.0:')
     depends_on('py-numpy@1.10:1.99', type=('build', 'run'))
-    depends_on('py-setuptools', type='build')
+    depends_on('py-setuptools', type=('build', 'run'))
 
     # Note: As of 1 Nov 2018, 0.25 was the latest version of py-llvmlite.
     # That's why it was chosen as an upper bound in the following depends_on
     # calls.  If newer versions maintain backwards compatibility, the calls
     # can be updated accordingly.
+    depends_on('py-llvmlite@0.31.0:0.32.0', type=('build', 'run'), when='@0.48.0')
     depends_on('py-llvmlite@0.25:', type=('build', 'run'), when='@0.40.1:')
     depends_on('py-llvmlite@0.20:0.25', type=('build', 'run'), when='@0.35.1')
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-resampy/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-resampy/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..35249c8acc130b27bad06d2cfacec5f55bf72657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-resampy/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Copyright 2013-2020 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class PyResampy(PythonPackage):
+    """Efficient sample rate conversion in python"""
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/bmcfee/resampy"
+    url      = "https://pypi.io/packages/source/r/resampy/resampy-0.2.2.tar.gz"
+
+    version('0.2.2', sha256='62af020d8a6674d8117f62320ce9470437bb1d738a5d06cd55591b69b463929e')
+
+    depends_on('py-setuptools', type='build')
+    depends_on('py-numpy@1.10:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-scipy@0.13:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-numba@0.32:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-six@1.3:', type=('build', 'run'))
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-soundfile/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-soundfile/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aa485deca38093f767f422695fe87ccda35175a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-soundfile/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Copyright 2013-2020 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class PySoundfile(PythonPackage):
+    """SoundFile is an audio library based on libsndfile, CFFI and NumPy."""
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/bastibe/PySoundFile"
+    url      = "https://pypi.io/packages/source/S/SoundFile/SoundFile-0.10.3.post1.tar.gz"
+
+    version('0.10.3.post1', sha256='490cff42650733d1832728b937fe99fa1802896f5ef4d61bcf78cf7ebecb107b')
+
+    variant('numpy', default=True,
+            description='Support for processing audio data as numpy arrays')
+
+    depends_on('py-setuptools', type='build')
+    depends_on('py-cffi@1.0:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-numpy', type=('build', 'run'), when='+numpy')
+    depends_on('libsndfile', type='run')