Natalia Lafourcade’s “Cocos en la playa” is without doubt one of the songs we will not cease enjoying this week.
Carlos Manuel
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Carlos Manuel
We’re speaking new music on this week’s All Songs Thought-about as we replace our operating listing of the yr’s greatest songs. This features a timeless piece from Mexican singer and songwriter Natalia Lafourcade, a plainspoken however shifting story-song from Chris Staples, a wildly unpredictable mixture of voice, electronics and piano from soprano Barbara Hannigan and extra.
NPR Music’s Tom Huizenga joins host Robin Hilton.
Featured artists and songs:
- Third Coast Percussion: “Please Be Nonetheless,” from Normal Stoppages
- Chris Staples: “Two Carat Diamond,” from Do not Fear
- Barbara Hannigan, David Chalmin: “Che t’ho fatt’io?,” from Electrical Fields
- Natalia Lafourcade: “Cocos en la playa,” from Cancionera
- Brooklyn Rider: “Tenebrae,” from The 4 Components
All Songs Thought-about twenty fifth anniversary phase: Our No. 1 songs from 2012
Weekly reset: Airing out and beating futons on a Saturday morning in Toyohashi, Japan
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Questions, feedback, strategies or suggestions of any form all the time welcome: allsongs@npr.org
Hear new songs from previous episodes within the All Songs Thought-about playlists in Apple Music and Spotify.