Episode #3290
Listener Poll Top Ten of 2011
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Here's the rebuttal to last night’s program where the listeners weigh in on the best new music releases of 2011. Thanks to all who voted! There were a few well-waged social media campaigns and other online calls-to-action. However, there is a clear front-runner, with some unexpected and some predictable results. The voting closed at noon today. Tonight's 27th 26th(?) annual New Sounds Listener Poll show will contain the music that emerged victorious from this year's contest.
PROGRAM # 3290, Listener Poll 2011 (First aired on 1/12/2012)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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10. John Luther Adams, feat. |
Four Thousand Holes |
Four Thousand Holes, excerpt [5:00] |
Cold Blue Music CB0035 |
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9. Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer, |
The Goat Rodeo Sessions |
Here and Heaven [3:53] |
Sony 88697 84118 |
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8. So Percussion |
Steven Mackey |
Mackey: It Is Time - Steel Drums, excerpt [5:00] |
Cantaloupe CA21076 |
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7. Meredith Monk |
Songs of Ascension |
Vow [3:14] |
ECM # 2154 www.ecmrecords.com |
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6. The Decemberists |
The King is Dead |
Rox in the Box [3:10] |
Capitol Records |
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5. PJ Harvey |
Let England Shake |
Written on the Forehead [3:40] |
Island Records 2753189 |
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4. Kiran Ahluwalia (& Tinariwen) |
Aam Zameen/Common Ground |
Raqba [5:29] |
Avokado Artists Recordings / Out 91425262 |
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3. Steve Reich |
WTC 9/11 |
WTC 9/11, Part III [5:48] |
Nonesuch 528236 |
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2. Brian Eno/ Rick Holland |
Panic of Looking (& Drums Between the Bells) |
In the Future [2:10] |
Warp Records WAP322 (Drums Between the Bells is WARPCD214) |
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1. Donnacha Dennehy | Crash Ensemble, Alan Pierson, cond. | Iarla O Lionáird, voice |
Grá agus Bás (Love and Death) |
Grá agus Bás, excerpt [5:00] |
Nonesuch 527063 |


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