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NPR Music's 36 Favorite Songs of 2022 (So Far)

Saba (left), Lizzo (center) and Rosalía have released some of our favorite songs of the year so far. Collage by Estefanía Mitre / NPR/Photos courtesy of the artists hide caption

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Best Music of 2022

NPR Music's 36 Favorite Songs of 2022 (So Far)

The songs we love from the first half of the year span a wide emotional and musical range, from wild percussive romps to raw pleas for empathy to Beyoncé's command to leave it all on the dance floor.

Third Coast Percussion's borderless music finds inspiration in fleet-footed beats

Third Coast Percussion's new album, Perspectives, is the group's most accessible. Saverio Truglia/Courtesy of the artists hide caption

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Deceptive Cadence

Third Coast Percussion's borderless music finds inspiration in fleet-footed beats

On a new album, the most accessible so far, the Grammy-winning group reaches out to an EDM wizard, a famous film score composer and Philip Glass.

Third Coast Percussion's borderless music finds inspiration in fleet-footed beats

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Road-Testing The 2019 Songs Of Summer

Billie Eilish performs on the on day five of Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 30, 2019. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Road-Testing The 2019 Songs Of Summer

It's our second annual songs of summer spectacular! Every year at NPR Music we debate which hits might be remembered as "the song of the summer" — sometimes it's a frothy pop song, or a star-packed hip-hop banger, or simply a song that gets played on the radio over and over again until we're beaten into submission. This week we're bringing in a revolving cast of my colleagues from NPR Music, each of whom will play us one song — one nominee to be the unofficial Song Of The Summer for 2019.

Road-Testing The 2019 Songs Of Summer

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New Mix: Cautious Clay, Third Coast Percussion, Jake Xerxes Fussell, More

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All Songs Considered

New Mix: Cautious Clay, Third Coast Percussion, Jake Xerxes Fussell, More

This week's essential playlist includes Chastity Belt singer Julia Shapiro on her first solo album, Portishead's Beth Gibbons singing with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and more.

New Mix: Cautious Clay, Third Coast Percussion, Jake Xerxes Fussell, More

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Bang A Gong: Third Coast Percussion Plays Philip Glass

Third Coast Percussion's new album, out Feb. 9, is called Paddle to the Sea. Saverio Truglia hide caption

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Deceptive Cadence

Bang A Gong: Third Coast Percussion Plays Philip Glass

CPR Classical

Hear the group's subtle makeover of "Madeira River," a rippling portrait of one of the Amazon's grandest tributaries.

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    2018

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