Music Lists
Wondering how we listen to music in 2011? There's an app for that. (One of them, pictured, is called Jamboxx.)
Hear a mix of what the year sounded like to us — funny, joyful, heavy and always surprising.
Top 5 Jazz Vocal Performances Of 2011
Partner content from KPLUThese tunes each exemplify how great singers and great songs fit together.
Psych Rock Redefined: The Reissues Of 2011
This year saw a series of reissues function as part of a mission to extend psychedelia's reaches.
Montserrat Caballé: A Voice Of Passionate Grandeur
Caballé could be imposing at full voice, but she showed her real greatness when singing intimately.
Steve Reich's 'Maximum' Minimalism
The composer's Music for 18 Musicians brings elements of "maximalism" to minimalism.
'Rapper's Delight'
New Jersey's Sugarhill Gang recorded its influential, disco-inspired 1979 hit in just one take.
