NPR.org 7/3/2014
“… At the year’s halfway point, with summer just about to flip the calendar over to Side B, it’s a challenge to get a satisfying picture of the year in music, even if you’re just looking at a single genre. Consider the voices of the couple dozen obsessive listeners from NPR Music and our public radio partners who made this list, and the only thing that remains undeniably true is that great albums come out of every genre, from every corner of the world. …”
Read the entire article: http://www.npr.org/2014/06/30/326541189/npr-musics-25-favorite-albums-of-2014-so-far