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Jesca Hoop's Five Essential Patti Smith Songs
August 24, 2016|Kara Manning
Hoop found an early kinship with Smith.
Ruby Amanfu's Five Essential Marvin Gaye Songs
August 17, 2016|Kara Manning
Ruby on Marvin: Why these songs mean so much
Lucius' Five Essential Talking Heads Songs
August 10, 2016|Kara Manning
Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig: a thank you from one New York band to another.
The National's Scott Devendorf: Five Essential Grateful Dead Songs
August 03, 2016|Kara Manning
"Gorgeous, abstract, and open."
Tune-Yards: Five Essential Radiohead Songs
July 27, 2016|Kara Manning
Merrill Garbus: "I'd get chills."
Augustines: Five Essential Radiohead Songs
July 26, 2016|Kara Manning
Eric Sanderson: "works of art that led with the heart."
John Doe's Five Essential Ramones Songs
July 20, 2016|Kara Manning
The Ramones influenced X, reflected in guitar playing and... brevity.
Margaret Glaspy's Five Essential Joni Mitchell Songs
July 13, 2016|Kara Manning
Mitchell's Blue has always stood out for Glaspy as an embodiment of great songwriting.
Soak's Five Essential Joni Mitchell Songs
July 12, 2016|Kara Manning
Bridie Monds-Watson's carefully considered list
Car Seat Headrest's Five Essential Beck Songs
July 06, 2016|Kara Manning
Picks from a lo-fi brother
Britt Daniel's Five Essential Paul Simon Songs
June 29, 2016|Kara Manning
The longtime admirer on his favorite Simon songs
Joseph Arthur's Five Essential Peter Gabriel Songs
June 22, 2016|Kara Manning
An insightful, personal list
Willie Nelson
August 14, 2017|Laura Fedele
Willie Nelson made it okay to be a freak, not just in country music but in life. [Playlist]