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The Contenders, Vol. 3: Our running list of the year's best songs
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Helado Negro's "Colores Del Mar," from his album PHASOR, is one of the songs we can't stop listening to this week. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Composer, singer and songwriter (and former director of her college radio station) Julia Holter joins host Robin Hilton and NPR's Lars Gotrich to share and talk about the songs they can't stop playing this week.
Featured tracks include Helado Negro's transporting "Colores Del Mar," the meditative Cornish folk of Daisy Rickman, Jessica Pratt's dizzying "Life Is" and more.