{"id":9140,"date":"2016-11-22T18:27:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2016\/11\/22\/new-mix-some-of-the-best-songs-we-missed-this-year\/"},"modified":"2016-11-22T18:27:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T18:27:00","slug":"new-mix-some-of-the-best-songs-we-missed-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/new-mix-some-of-the-best-songs-we-missed-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mix: Some Of The Best Songs We Missed This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Clockwise from upper left) Africaine 808, D.D Dumbo, The Frightnrs, Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band, Anthony Joseph. Courtesy of the artists<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bob Boilen and I, along with the rest of the NPR Music team, have been prepping for our year-end coverage by listening to hundreds of songs and albums in one big shared playlist. Along the way, we’ve all discovered stuff we hadn’t heard before \u2014 and even fallen in love with some of it.<\/p>\n

On this week’s show, Bob and I share some of the artists and albums we missed before now, from Caribbean roots music by Anthony Joseph<\/a> to the Boston-based funk group Lettuce<\/a> and the idiosyncratic pop of D.D Dumbo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NPR Music’s Tom Huizenga stops by to talk about his favorite discovery from our year-end playlist: The Frightnrs<\/a>, a band that lovingly recreates the retro sounds of reggae.\u2014Robin Hilton<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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