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Music You May Have Missed With The Needle Drop's Anthony Fantano

Connecticut Public Radio
Published December 28, 2015 at 9:00 AM EST
Chion Wolf
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WNPR
Anthony Fantano takes a selfie with John Dankosky.

There was a whole lot of music released in 2015 and there never seems to be enough time to listen to it all. That’s where the "Internet’s Busiest Music Nerd" comes in. Anthony Fantano'sYouTube channel for "The Needle Drop" has over half a million subscribers and he released more than 200 video reviews just this year alone! He stopped by our studios to share some of his favorite songs of the year from hip-hop to Björk and everything in between.

Later in the hour, we listen back to a recent interview and in-studio performance by West End Blend, a big band that released its first full-length studio album this year.

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Watch a video of West End Blend's performance on Where We Live.

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Tucker Ives, Lydia Brown, and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

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