“Artists are finally writing good protest music again,” Vocalo Morning Amp co-host Jill Hopkins told Morning Shift. Hopkins joined music critics Althea Legaspi and Jim Kopeny to discuss the year in music and their favorite songs, including the following:

• Kendrick Lamar - “Humble”
• Carly Rae Jepsen - “Cut to the Feeling”
• Fever Ray - “To The Moon And Back”
• Queens of the Stone Age - “Domesticated Animals”
• SZA - “Normal Girl”
• Taylor Swift - “Getaway Car” 
  

Read more from the conversation here.