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It's summer and maybe you've thought about taking a road trip.

And if you're thinking about taking a road trip, you're going to need road trip music.

You might need a pick-me-up, a sing-along, or something for when you need a break from podcasts.

But if you're headed out on the road, we're here to help.

I'm Stephen Thompson, and in this encore episode of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour,

we're recommending three songs to blast on your next road trip.

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wise.com. T's and Cs apply. Welcome back. Joining us today is NPR Music's Marissa Laruso. Hello, Marissa. Hey, Stephen. It's great to have you here. Now,

there is no way that we could possibly run the full gamut of road trip music in just three songs.

These picks are just to get you started. Marissa, could you kick us off? Give us a song that you're going to play on your

next road trip. Okay, so the first song I'm bringing as an ideal road trip song is Closer to Find

by the Indigo Girls. Yeah. And the less I seek my source for some definitive, closer I am to find.

Closer I am to find.

So Closer to Fine, of course, the opening track on Indigo Girls' breakthrough sophomore album Indigo Girls from 1989. I think it's probably their biggest hit, probably the song people think of when they think of Indigo Girls. At the heart of

the Indigo Girls, and what makes them so special is this deep friendship and collaboration

between Amy Ray and Emily Salyers. And of course, you hear that in the way they sing, right? Like,

there's the main melody and the counter melody and they just kind of like interact with each other.

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