FKA twigs' mixtape Caprisongs is NPR hip-hop and R&B editor Sheldon Pearce's top album of the year. Photo Illustration: Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption
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Julia Bullock's Walking in the Dark is one of NPR Music's top 10 classical albums of 2022. Photo illustration: Jackie Lay/NPR / Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images hide caption
Immanuel Wilkins' album The 7th Hand tops WRTI editorial director Nate Chinen's album list this year. Courtesy of Blue Note Records/NPR hide caption
Beth Orton's new record, Weather Alive, finds the singer taking control of her own sound. Eliot Lee Hazel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Attacca Quartet. David Goddard/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The percussion ensemble Recap has released its striking debut album, Count to Five. Jacob Blickenstaff hide caption
Doja Cat and SZA's song "Kiss Me More" has been one of 2021's most inescapable tracks. Jamal Peters/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
On Let The Soil Play Its Simple Part, Caroline Shaw's new album with Sō Percussion, the hyper-flexible composer reinvents as a singer-songwriter. Illustration by Renee Klahr/NPR/Photo by Dayna Szyndrowski hide caption
Tania León speaks at the premiere of her piece "Stride," one of 19 pieces composed by women that the New York Philharmonic commissioned to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. Chris Lee/Courtesy New York Philharmonic hide caption
19th Amendment, 19 Women: NY Philharmonic's 2020 Program Celebrates Suffragists
Caroline Shaw sings her own song, titled "And So." Lincoln Center hide caption
NPR Music picks the best albums of 2019 (so far). Chelsea Beck for NPR hide caption
Weyes Blood (left), Glen Hansard and Lizzo Courtesy of the artists hide caption
The Calidore String Quartet performs a Tiny Desk Concert on April 5, 2019 (Amr Alfiky/NPR). Amr Alfiky/NPR hide caption
Caroline Shaw's album, Orange, is devoted to music for string quartet. Kait Moreno/Nonesuch Records hide caption
Jenny Lewis performs at Piedmont Park during Music Midtown in Atlanta, Ga. in Sept. 2015. Scott Legato/FilmMagic/Getty Images hide caption
Caroline Shaw's "i will hold you" is performed by the choir called The Crossing, and members of the International Contemporary Ensemble. The album, Seven Responses, will be released Feb. 24. Andrew Musson hide caption
Caroline Shaw's Helping 'Hands'
Caroline Shaw, who composed the piece Partita for 8 Voices for her vocal group Roomful of Teeth, is the youngest-ever recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for music. Dashon Burton/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Caroline Shaw, winner of this year's music Pulitzer, performing with the ACME ensemble in New York in September 2012. AJ Wilhelm for NPR hide caption