The Contenders, Vol. 1: Our running list of the year's best songs
Faye Webster and Lil Yachty, both of Atlanta and friends since middle school, collaborate on the new song "Lego Ring," from Webster's upcoming album Underdressed at the Symphony. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
In our first new mixtape of 2024, host Robin Hilton hangs with NPR Music's Anamaria Sayre and Tom Huizenga to play and talk about their current musical obsessions, from the solo piano of Philip Glass to the garage punk of Sprints to the super chill sounds of Club del Rio from Madrid. We've also got Faye Webster collaborating with childhood friend Lil Yachty, the harpist Lavinia Meijer covering Max Richter, and the Mexican regional phenom Xavi.
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Featured artists and songs:
1. Lavinia Meijer: "The Departure" from Winter
2. Xavi: "La Diabla (Single)
3. Faye Webster and Lil Yachty: "Lego Ring" from Underdressed at the Symphony
4. Philip Glass: "Opening," from Philip Glass Solo
5. Club del Rio: "Una Vida" (Single)
6. Sprints: "Literary Mind" from Letter to Self