Best Music Of 2011 archive
Watch Ken Tucker's Top 10: The Year In Music
December 20, 2011 – Fresh Air's critic looks back on a fruitful year and lists his favorite music releases of 2011.
Read Download: NPR Music's Favorite New Artists Of 2011
December 19, 2011 – Each one gave us something to fall in love with this year, so we're passing the gift along to you.
Watch The Top 10 Top 40 Of 2011
December 19, 2011 – Pop right now is a mash-up of cosmopolitan dance beats and All-American ethnic and racial diversity.
Read New Adventures In Folk: The Best Of 2011 FolkAlley
December 16, 2011 – The Head and the Heart is one of many new folk groups that bend tradition while keeping it alive. FolkAlley
Read Charting Their Own Paths: Top 5 Orchestral Albums Produced In-house WGBH
December 15, 2011 – Once contracted to big labels, orchestras are now releasing their own impressive recordings. WGBH
Read Listeners Pick Their Favorite Albums Of 2011: The Complete List Of 100
December 14, 2011 – After tens of thousands of votes were cast and counted, 100 albums remain.
Watch Listeners Pick Their Favorite Albums Of 2011
December 14, 2011 – Though spring releases mostly held their ground, a few dark horses swooped into top slots.
Read NPR Music's 100 Favorite Songs Of 2011
December 14, 2011 – Hear a mix of what the year sounded like to us — funny, joyful, heavy and always surprising.
Watch 5 Great Cover Songs From 2011
December 13, 2011 – Hear five cover songs that honor the past while translating familiar sounds into something new.
Watch 5 Artists You Should Have Known In 2011 KEXP
December 12, 2011 – It was hard to keep up with all the great music this year. Catch up with these under-the-radar acts. KEXP
Read The Best Jazz Of 2011
December 9, 2011 – Here are 10 examples of radical imagination, and radical re-imagination, in a great year for jazz.
Read Vote For Your Favorite Albums Of 2011
December 9, 2011 – You've seen NPR Music's picks for the albums of the year, now it's time to tell us yours.
Read Top Classical Albums Of 2011
December 8, 2011 – From modernism to Mendelssohn and the massive sound of Mahler, a wide-ranging top 10 list.
Watch Lo Que Más Nos Gustó: Alt.Latino's Favorite Artists Of 2011
December 7, 2011 – There was so much great music this year, it was nearly impossible to fit it all into one show.
Listen Discussion: The Year In Music, 2011
December 7, 2011 – The All Songs gang compares notes on their favorite songs, albums and discoveries of 2011.
