Tom Huizenga's favorite albums, songs and concerts of 2024
NPRTom Huizenga's favorite albums, songs and concerts of 2024 toggle caption Samuel Hess/Courtesy of the artist As we wrap up our coverage of the year in music, we are publishing lists of the music loved best by individual members of NPR Music's team. Sponsor Message For jolts of joy, I turned to songs like "Lift You Up," an ecstatic club track by Romy and Jessie Ware that works exactly as advertised, and Jlin's "The Precision of Infinity," with its hyperbeat shuffle and cascading Philip Glass samples. Meanwhile, emerging opera stars Aigul Akhmetshina and Emily D'Angelo assured me that my beloved genre is still in good voice, while Residente's "313," featuring Penelope Cruz and Silvia Pérez Cruz, unfolded as its own mini-opera. Top 10 albums of 2024 Nala Sinephro, Endlessness Gabriela Ortiz, Revolución Diamantina Maya Beiser, Maya Beiser x Terry Riley: In C Angélica Garcia, Gemelo Jessica Pratt, Here in the Pitch Christopher Rountree, 3 BPM Immanuel Wilkins, Blues Blood Cigarettes After Sex, X's Jakob Lindberg, Robert de Visée: Theorbo Solos Silvestrov: Postludium & Dedication Top 10 songs of 2024 Baby Rose, BADBADNOTGOOD, "One Last Dance" Jessie Ware and Romy, "Lift You Up" Waxahatchee, "Right Back to It" Jlin, "The Precision of Infinity" Clairo, "Sexy to Someone" Danish String Quartet, "Once a Shoemaker" Residente, "313" Gabriela Ortiz, Kauyumari Colin Stetson, "Green and grey and fading light" Aigul Akhmetshina, "The Nightingale" Top 10 concerts of 2024
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