All Songs Considered Listeners Pick The Best Music Of 2007

December 20, 2007 • Tens of thousands of listeners voted in the All Songs Considered poll for the year's best CDs.

The Top 10 Debuts of 2007, from WXPN

XPN

December 19, 2007 • From French electronica and melancholy songwriters to worldly, eccentric indie-rock, here are 10 of this year's best debut albums, as chosen by Bruce Warren, executive producer of WXPN's World Cafe.

2007: The Year in Review from All Songs Considered

December 6, 2007 • Host Bob Boilen talks with reviewers Carrie Brownstein, Will Hermes, Tom Moon and Meredith Ochs about the year's biggest surprises and letdowns in music.

Listeners' Picks for Album of the Year

December 20, 2007 • The online NPR listeners' poll for top albums of the year produced a list topped by the usual suspects of Radiohead, Wilco and Arcade Fire, but there were some unexpected additions further down. All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with Michele Norris.

Top 10 Great Unknown Artists of 2007

December 28, 2007 • On Second Stage, All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton profiles the best of music's great unknowns. He chooses the best outsider artists of 2007: musicians who made remarkable recordings that were largely overlooked, led by Le Loup.

Songs of the Year: 2007's Best Music

December 24, 2007 • Best-ofs tend to be most effective when the selections are purely a matter of personal taste — "favorites" rather than "best."

Classical and Beyond: The Year's Best CDs

WNYC Radio

December 26, 2007 • Few radio personalities openly embrace as much music as WNYC's John Schaefer, longtime host of New Sounds. This year, his favorites ranged from Osvaldo Golijov to Jamie T.

13 Great Musical Discoveries of 2007, from KEXP

KEXP

December 18, 2007 • In any ongoing quest for mind-blowing music, each year brings an assortment of new left-field discoveries. KEXP's Kevin Cole offers up a selection of 13 excellent under-the-radar CDs, any of which could end up being your favorite of the year.

Top 10 Genre-Busting CDs of 2007, from WNYC

WNYC Radio

December 15, 2007 • David Garland of WNYC picks the 10 best CDs he heard this year. The standouts came from artists whose creativity led them across stylistic and genre boundaries and into unusual, personal territory.

CD Gift Guide for 2007

December 9, 2007 • Weekend Edition Sunday music director Ned Wharton is back with his annual gift guide. He's surveyed the 2007 releases, and offers these suggestions for the jazz, rock, classical and world music fans on your shopping list.

The Year's Best World Music

December 27, 2007 • Banning Eyre, senior editor of Afropop.org, shines the spotlight on Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean with his picks for the year's best albums. Among his selections: Watina, an effort by singer Andy Palacio to preserve the culture of the Garifuna people of Central America.

The Year in Music for Kids

XPN

December 24, 2007 • Kids' music comes in virtually every style and stripe, and varies wildly in quality. The best kids' albums of 2007 have appeal for kids and adults alike, and are suitable for listening, even while the whole family is in the car together. Highlights include Recess Monkey and many more.

Best Hip-Hop of 2007 Changes the Game

KEXP

December 24, 2007 • This wasn't the strongest year for hip-hop, but 2007 still featured some excellent releases that pushed the genre's boundaries, as well as a few records that reveled, old-school style, in great beats and rhymes.

APM Highlights Great Classical Voices of 2007

American Public Media

December 21, 2007 • Minnesota's Twin Cities area is a hotbed of excellent classical music. It's also home to American Public Media, where classical music thrives. APM's Brian Newhouse thinks these 10 new classical recordings rise to the top of the year's offerings.

Classical Gold: Top 10 CDs from WGBH

WGBH Radio

December 18, 2007 • It has been a good year for classical music releases. WGBH Radio's Brian McCreath counts down his Top 10 for 2007, spotlighting powerhouse orchestras and sparkling voices.

Next Generation Classical: WGUC's Top CDs of 2007

91.7 WVXU

December 12, 2007 • To paraphrase an old marketing slogan, "this is not your father's Oldsmobile," these are not your father's classical artists. A new generation of instrumentalists, singers, and conductors has been taking the concert stage by storm, represented in part by these ten standout recordings of 2007.

The Best CDs of 2007, from WFUV

WFUV On-Air: Music Discovery Starts Here

December 5, 2007 • Here's a look at the 10 CDs from the past year that are virtually guaranteed to impress friends, relatives and potential lovers. You don't even have to listen to them — just put them in your collection and memorize what's written here.

The Best CDs of 2007, from World Cafe

XPN

December 13, 2007 • The best albums of 2007 include a plethora of reliable favorites, whether they're treading new stylistic ground (Iron and Wine), returning to roots (Wilco) or merely holding steady (Spoon). And, of course, a few new favorites join the mix, too.

Top CDs of 2007, from 'The Current'

The Current

December 3, 2007 • Steve Seel, afternoon music host on Minnesota Public Radio's The Current, offers his picks for the Top 10 albums of the year.

The Best Songs of the Year, from KUT

KUT 90.5

December 12, 2007 • KUT music director Jeff McCord hears dozens of new songs a week. Good and bad tend to get stuck in his head, but here he picks the 10 best of the year — the ones whose company he most enjoyed.

The Year's Best Music, from WFUV

WFUV On-Air: Music Discovery Starts Here

December 15, 2007 • For WFUV's Rita Houston, 2007 was about great new CDs and great live shows — most of which were by the same artists. Her list includes albums by Amy Winehouse, Iron and Wine, Dan Wilson, Brandi Carlile, Wilco, Stars and more.

Folk Alley's Favorite CDs of 2007

WKSU

December 10, 2007 • Folk Alley presents a sampling of its favorite albums this year, submitted by hosts and staff. Selections include venerated legends (Levon Helm, Ricky Skaggs), up-and-comers (The Greencards, Eilen Jewell) and successful folk favorites (Patty Griffin, Susan Werner).