In a year that saw The Beatles and Rolling Stones top the charts and Taylor Swift release three albums, our choices range from Cecile McLorin Salvant, Nickel Creek P.J. Harvey and Allison Russell to Lankum, Metallica and Olivia Rodrigo
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