Top Music Picks for 2005
Nic Harcourt, host of KCRW's popular Morning Becomes Eclectic and author of Music Lust, talks about his book, along with some of the best music you've probably missed this past year.
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Recent Top Music Picks for 2005
December 16, 2005 All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen takes an in-depth look at the year's best music.
December 22, 2005 Three music business insiders share their picks for CDs that didn't get the attention they deserved.
November 27, 2005 For a holiday edition of Director's Cuts, Ned Wharton presents picks of the year's best music.
December 20, 2005 Fresh Air pop music critic Ken Tucker offers his picks for the best music of the year.
December 16, 2005 Tom Moon's picks for the year's best CDs range from lo-fi indie folk to rediscovered jazz.
December 17, 2005 Meredith Ochs picks range from the rockin' White Stripes to "outlaw" country singer Merle Haggard.
December 17, 2005 Will Hermes' picks include the "wonderfully strange" world of Animal Collective and Sigur Ros.
December 14, 2005 Producer Derek Rath's selections span the globe, from India's Bollywood to New Orleans.
December 15, 2005 Music critic John Brady picks his top three albums of 2005.
December 16, 2005 Music critic Sarah Bardeen rounds up a three-part review of the best new music of 2005.
