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Saturday December 22, 2012

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Best Music Of 2012

NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2012

December 22, 2012 • The albums that sum up our year span genres and borders. From Astro to Wadada Leo Smith, Fiona Apple to Frank Ocean, here are 50 albums that made 2012 great.

"ILLuminate (featuring Kendrick Lamar)"

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Wednesday December 12, 2012

Stephen Thompson's Top 10 Albums Of 2012

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Best Music Of 2012

Stephen Thompson's Top 10 Albums Of 2012

December 12, 2012 • It was a tremendous year for upbeat music that reflected on aging and ennui in wise, wonderful ways.

Sunday November 11, 2012

Cody ChesnuTT: Vintage Soul With A Sense Of Place

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Music Interviews

Cody ChesnuTT: Vintage Soul With A Sense Of Place

November 11, 2012 • ChesnuTT recorded Landing on a Hundred, his first album in a decade, at the legendary Royal Studios in Memphis. But he says visiting a different historical site is what really set the record's tone.

Cody ChesnuTT: Vintage Soul With A Sense Of Place

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Friday November 9, 2012

Cody ChesnuTT Contains A Universe On 'Hundred'

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Cody ChesnuTT Contains A Universe On 'Hundred'

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November 9, 2012 • ChesnuTT is the best sort of egomaniac: On Landing on a Hundred, he's preachy but delightful.

Cody ChesnuTT Contains A Universe On 'Hundred'

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Sunday October 21, 2012

First Listen: Cody ChesnuTT, 'Landing On A Hundred'

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First Listen: Cody ChesnuTT, 'Landing On A Hundred'

October 21, 2012 • Landing on a Hundred is a dynamite collection of timeless, celebratory, searching soul music that yearns for meaning, views life as a circuitous journey, and finds cause to seek hope and give thanks along the way.

Cody ChesnuTT, 'Landing On A Hundred'

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Monday May 12, 2008

Music Lists

Monitor Mixtape: The Underdogs

May 12, 2008 • Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein chooses a new mixtape, made up of songs originally compiled on a rainy day several weeks ago. They might sound best under gray skies, as part of a mix that could easily be called "The Underdogs."