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On this edition of All Songs Considered, Jonsi talks about his new solo album, Go, and shares some of the songs that have helped shape his own music.

No, no — the headline's not referring to you. Heaven forbid. But people like you listen to a lot of cool and/or unusual music, and refuse to sample the good stuff right under their noses because it's "mainstream." It's best not to think these hipsters omniscient — after all, there's lots of great music they're too cool to notice. Here are 10 examples from 2009.

From American modernism to Mendelssohn and the massive sound of Mahler, a wide-ranging top 10 list.

Who wrote music for kids' cartoons in the Soviet Union? Would you have guessed — Dmitri Shostakovich? A Brooklyn Philharmonic concert prompts a new look at this classic animation.

Do you have to have two living musical partners for a collaboration to be successful? New projects pairing living artists with long-dead icons raise some spectral possibilities.

Masterful performances give weight to lesser-played symphonies.

To celebrate the composer's 75th birthday, we've invited musicians who have collaborated with Reich as well as NPR friends to reflect on the pieces they adore.

We wish all of our listeners celebrating Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur a happy and healthy New Year. Join us on WRTI 90.1 during the High Holiday season for music that will elevate one and all.

Pianist and composer Chad Lawson releases a double album recorded at Abbey Road, joined on some tracks by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, violinist Esther Yoo and cellist/composer Peter Gregson.

Sanders, revered as one of the avant-garde's greatest tenor saxophonists, was a member of John Coltrane's final quartet. His expressive playing laid a path for generations of musicians.