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From solo acoustic sketches to orchestral arrangements, the year had great roots music for everyone.

Taylor Swift's chokehold on the Hot 100 is loosening, and that's made room for two fresh career milestones.

Matt Harmon, co-owner of the Boathouse Bar & Grill in Belmar, New Jersey, chats with WBGO's Doug Doyle regarding how the late notice of restrictions being lifted has made it difficult to prepare for the long holiday weekend and the summer season.

The Powerful Cast of George Street Playhouse's virtual production of Tiny Beautiful Things Talk about Healing and Emotion during a Zoom chat with WBGO's Doug Doyle

WBGO Journal host Doug Doyle chats with Chalkbeat Newark reporter Patrick Wall

WBGO Journal host and News Director Doug Doyle chats with Simone Gordon about her The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation

Members of the House and Senate return to Washington for a "lame-duck" session of the 107th Congress. Meanwhile, the White House and lawmakers reach agreement on a compromise plan to create a new Department of Homeland Security. Hear NPR's David Welna, Pam Fessler and Mara Liasson.

For lovers of jazz music, the year 2005 brought a wealth of reissues by critical artists from Jelly Roll Morton to John Coltrane. The music, the result of exhaustive archival and restoration work, adds new details to one of America's richest musical traditions.

NPR music reviewer Meredith Ochs shares her picks for the year's best CDs, from the "sacred-meets-profane" rock of the White Stripes to outlaw country singer Merle Haggard.

NPR reviewer Tom Moon shares his picks for the year's best CDs, from the lo-fi, indie folk of Iron and Wine to a newly discovered live recording by Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane.