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All Songs Considered asked you to share your favorite new artist of the first half of 2016. Here's your top 10.

Earle's "Look the Other Way" is a funky evocation of misery — blues for driving with the top down.

Photographer William Claxton began making a name for himself in the 1950s, taking photos of some of the world's top jazz artists. Then got the opportunity of a lifetime — he was commissioned to document the American jazz scene at a moment when the genre was at its height.

Brooke, Samantha and Mollie McClymont have topped the charts Down Under. Now, they're bringing their voices topside: The McClymonts recently moved to Nashville and released a new album, Wrapped Up Good. Here, they speak with host Scott Simon.

Make a list of the great crooners who sing love songs and Tom Jones is likely to be near the top. He was for us when we sought

NPR Music's senior manager shares her favorite albums and songs of 2022.

With votes from Gramophone magazine critics and listeners of 15 classical radio networks, Fischer has topped the world's largest classical-music poll, receiving the 2007 Classic FM Gramophone Artist of the Year award.

The latest Apple commercial features an ultra-thin laptop and a fresh hit song, "New Soul," by Israeli singer-songwriter Yael Naim. Her just-released self-titled album features songs written in three languages. The added exposure for "New Soul" has helped Naim become the first Israeli solo artist to crack Billboard's Top 10.

Though mainly a jazz player, wrote the surf guitar anthem "Walk, Don't Run," which became a Top 10 hit for The Ventures on two occasions.

Over the second half of the 20th century, radio gave music its deepest connection to Americans. By splitting the dial into different formats, it produced a pop scene of striking diversity.