Big Thief’s Buck Meek, Joji and more of the week's best songs
13 January - 42 minsNPR’s classical critic Tom Huizenga joins host Robin Hilton for our first spin of the best songs we’re hearing in 2026, including new ones from Big Thief’s Buck Meek, the genre-hopping artist Joji, “fragile hope” from composer Daníel Bjarnason and more.
Featured artists and songs:
1. Buck Meek: “Gasoline,” from ‘The Mirror’
2. Pekka Kuusisto & Sam Amidon: "Way Go, Lily" (Arr. by Nico Muhly / Adapted for orchestra by Bernard Rofe), from ‘Willows’
3. Joji: “Love You Less,” from ‘P*** In The Wind’
4. Joyce DiDonato & Time for Three: “Because I could not stop for Death," from ‘Emily - No Prisoner Be’
5. Jana Horn: “Don’t think,” from ‘Jana Horn’
6. Daniel Bjarnason & The Iceland Symphony...
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