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The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+ (100-81)

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The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+

The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+ (100-81)

This list tackles history in the making, celebrating women and non-binary musicians whose songs are redefining genres and attitudes and changing our sense of what popular music can be in this century.

Agalloch's Aesop Dekker On His 5 Favorite Jazz Records

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Agalloch's Aesop Dekker On His 5 Favorite Jazz Records

Dekker plays drums in the innovative black-metal bands Agalloch and Ludicra, but says that before he'd ever heard Kiss, "there was only Coltrane." Find out which Mingus album he calls a "Lovecraftian noir soundtrack" and more with Dekker's favorite five jazz records.

2010's Best Metal And Outer Sound
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2010's Best Metal And Outer Sound

Hear a "looped liturgy for the apocalypse" and "fire coming out of the fog" in this conversation about the year's best metal, drone and outer sound.

2010's Best Metal And Outer Sound

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The Best In New Hip-Hop, Jazz, Metal And Noise
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The Best In New Hip-Hop, Jazz, Metal And Noise

On this All Songs Considered, host Bob Boilen chats with NPR Music's Frannie Kelley, Lars Gotrich and Patrick Jarenwattananon about some of their favorite new metal, noise, jazz and hip-hop songs.

The Best In New Hip-Hop, Jazz, Metal And Noise

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