Metropolis: 12/3/16
This week's two-hour mix from KCRW's Jason Bentley begins with a track by Anderson .Paak, KCRW's pick for best new artist of 2016.
Music
After 15 Years Of Silence, New York City's Trinity Church Organ Returns
The historic organ of New York City's Trinity Church has been silent for 15 years. That's because Trinity is on Wall Street, and it was buried in dust and debris during the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Now the organ is in Georgia and has just been reconsecrated.
World Cafe Next: Leif Vollebekk
After trying on other artists' styles, the Canadian songwriter has found his own remarkable voice. Hear two songs.
Songs We Love: Six Organs Of Admittance, 'Taken By Ascent'
Ben Chasny resets the dial of his long-running project with a momentous folk-blues burner. Chris Corsano, Circuit Des Yeux's Haley Fohr and Bitchin Bajas' Cooper Crain join in.
The Best Music Of 2016
NPR Music ranked the 50 best albums and top 100 songs of the year. You'll find Beyoncé and Bowie, but there's so much to explore as we recount the ones we kept close in 2016.
Vote For Your Favorite Albums Of 2016
Tell us what your top five new albums were in 2016. We'll compile a list of the 25 most popular picks and share them in the All Songs Considered podcast Dec. 13.
Heavy Rotation: The Songs Public Radio Couldn't Stop Playing In 2016
Every month, we ask public radio's music curators to share the songs they're loving right now. Here's everything they loved in 2016.
The Best 50 Albums Of 2016
These are the records NPR Music couldn't stop playing this year — ones that speak to a moment and a lifetime, ones that party, ones that exist in their own worlds.
The Top 100 Songs Of 2016
These are the pop anthems, rallying cries, party jams, riff rockers, perfumed piano pieces and emotional exorcisms that we loved to share this year.
Amanda Shires On World Cafe
The natural-born fiddler performs songs from a new album born just a few days before her daughter.