Talia Schlanger's Top 10 Albums Of 2016

XPN | By Talia Schlanger

Published December 20, 2016 at 9:00 AM EST

Tanya Tagaq's <em>Retribution</em> was one of Talia Schlanger's favorite albums of the year. — Tanya Tagaq's *Retribution* was one of Talia Schlanger's favorite albums of the year.

There were two types of records that felt most vital to me this year: music to write your congresswoman a strongly worded letter to, and music to forget to. Thanks to the brilliant artists who provided the soundtrack for both — sometimes in the same record — and for rising to the task in a year when we really needed good art.

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Talia Schlanger

Talia Schlanger hosts World Cafe, which is distributed by NPR and produced by WXPN, the public radio service of the University of Pennsylvania. She got her start in broadcasting at the CBC, Canada's national public broadcaster. She hosted CBC Radio 2 Weekend Mornings on radio and was the on-camera host for two seasons of the television series CBC Music: Backstage, as well as several prime-time music TV specials for CBC, including the Quietest Concert Ever: On Fundy's Ocean Floor. Schlanger also guest hosted various flagship shows on CBC Radio One, including As It Happens, Day 6 and Because News. Schlanger also won a Canadian Screen Award as a producer for CBC Music Presents: The Beetle Roadtrip Sessions, a cross-country rock 'n' roll road trip.

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