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Stephen Thompson looks at the biggest songs and albums of the week, and digs into the stories and trends beyond the Top 10.

"The enormity of the multiple leadership failures both in leading up to the insurrection, and in the Department's response to it, have convinced us there is no other choice," the union head says.

Sonya Kitchell is just 17, but her voice and lyrics are drawing comparisons to Joni Mitchell and Norah Jones. Rolling Stone says her music belies her age. Kitchell tells Howard Berkes how a young woman from Massachusetts "gets" the blues.

U.S. and Pakistani intelligence operatives captured the Taliban's second-in-command. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar effectively ran the organization, U.S. officials say, directing Taliban military strategy in Afghanistan and controlling the group's finances.

This may have been a year when Latin music exploded globally, but the Alt.Latino and El Tiny host also sensed a desire among musicians for softness and stillness.

The host of All Songs Considered shares the 10 albums and 30 songs he most loved this year.

Stories highlighted for April 6, 2022.

Japan can call itself the world champion of baseball. The Japanese team captured the inaugural World Baseball Classic by beating Cuba 10-6 in the championship game San Diego.

Matt Bissonette. You've run across his name next to folks like Joe Satriani, Brian Wilson, Don Henley, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Elton John... SO many more actually. Also - Matt, along with his brother Greg and Andy Timmons make up the core of The Reddcoats, with elements of rock, funk and fusion. An INCREDIBLE mix of folks who are always playing with other bands, but enjoy getting together to play what they really want. We'll hear about and from their first two releases, fittingly, Reddcoats I and Reddcoats II.

Voting continues Wednesday for you to decide the top political story of the year. After the first round of voting, there are 32 stories left with some big match ups ahead.