Viking's Choice 2025: The Guitar
30 December - 40 mins
Podcast Series
All Songs Considered
On the last episode of All Songs Considered for 2025, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich takes host Robin Hilton through an exceptional year in guitar music. From Gwenifer Raymond's beautiful and brash fingerstyle to Rafael Toral's stretched-out jazz standards, not to mention William Tyler's glitched hymns and Vernon Reid's ecstatic shred, there's so much diversity to be found in six strings.
Featured songs and artists:
• Gwenifer Raymond: "Bleak Night in Rabbit's Wood," from 'Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark'
• Hayden Pedigo: "Houndstooth," from 'I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away'
• TAKAAT: "Isghmar," from 'Is Noise, Vol. 1'
• Rafael Toral: "You Don't Know What Love Is," from 'Traveli...
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