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Old-School, New-School: World Cafe's 2016 Jams

Whether you go for the throwback sounds of Lake Street Dive (left) or the high-tech electronica of Moby (right), 2016 had plenty to offer.
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Whether you go for the throwback sounds of Lake Street Dive (left) or the high-tech electronica of Moby (right), 2016 had plenty to offer.

With just over a month to go until the new year, the season of "best-of" lists is upon us. It's a time for celebrating the musical gems that made you hit repeat all year, or for discovering some great songs and artists you might have missed.

To ease you into a list-making mood, we at World Cafe came up with a couple of fun categories celebrating a few great songs from 2016: five "old-school" jams with a retro feel, picked by David Dye, and five cutting-edge "new-school" tracks, chosen by Talia Schlanger. (And you may discover, as we did, that these categories are more fluid than you might think.)


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David Dye is a longtime Philadelphia radio personality whose music enthusiasm has captivated listeners of World Cafe® since 1991. World Cafe is produced by WXPN, the public radio service of the University of Pennsylvania.
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.