Each year, the hosts of Vermont Edition invite you to recommend the songs, albums and downloads that caught your ear, made you sing out loud and dance around the kitchen.
Tell us your favorite music of the year by posting your suggestions below in the Disqus forum.
Note: We cannot provide an mp3 or podcast for this episode out of respect to artists’ music rights.
This is some of the music you heard during this program:
VPR’s Bob Kinzel suggested:
Needtobreathe: song "The Outsiders" from the EP "White Horses"
Arcade Fire: song "City With No Children In It" from the album "The Suburbs"
Jamey Johnson: song "That’s How I Don’t Love You" from the album "The Guitar Song"
VPR’s Jane Lindholm suggested:
Vampire Weekend: song "Horchata" from the album "Contra"
KT Tunstall: song "Push That Knot Away" from the album "Tiger Suit">
Cee Lo Green: song "Forget You" from the album "Lady Killer"
VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb suggested music from New Orleans:
Trombone Shorty: song "Backatown" from the album "Backatown"
Kermit Ruffins: song "If I Only Had A Brain" from the album "Happy Talk"
Contributor Matt Bushlow suggested local music:
Kurt Weisman of Putney: song "Let My Spirit Rise" from the album "Orange"
Kyle Thomas and Happy Birthday of Brattleboro: song "FM Girls"
Ryan Power of Shelburne: song "I Don’t Care" the album "I Don’t Want To Die"
Maryse Smith of Burlington: song "Loose Threads" from the album "Is Becomes Was"
WCAX’s Kristin Carlson suggested rap music:
Nicki Minaj: "I’m the Best" from the album "Pink Friday"
Drake: "Forever" from the album "More Than A Game"
Eminem: "Not Afraid" from the album "Recovery"
Listeners suggested:
Taylor Swift: song "Mean" from the album "Speak Now"
Cherryholmes: song "Just You" from the album "Cherryholmes IV: Common Threads"
Florence and the Machine: song "Dog Days Are Over" from the iTunes EP "Live From SoHo"
Anais Mitchell: song "Why Do We Build The Wall" from the folk opera "Hadestown"
Bruce Springsteen: song "Fire" from the album "The Promise"
