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 'Traveling Light' • Laura Snowden: "This Changing Sky," from 'This Changing Sky' • Madala Kunene & Sibusile Xaba: "Wemfana," from 'kwaNTU' • William Tyler: "Star of Hope," from 'Time Indefinite' • Jorge Espinal: "ají de pollería," from 'Bombos y Cencerros' • Vernon Reid: "Meditation on the Last Time I Saw Arthur Rhames," from 'Hoodoo Telemetry' Want more? See the <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/12/30/nx-s1-5661443/vikings-choice-2025-the-guitar"target="_blank" >full Viking's Choice list</a> for the best guitar music of 2025. Enjoy the show? Share it with a friend and leave us a review on<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-songs-considered/id79687345"target="_blank" > Apple</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/10LYbliXlNZe1VStsTkcC0?si=bb536b16024d42d8"target="_blank" >Spotify</a>, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: <a href="mailto:allsongs@npr.org"target="_blank" >allsongs@npr.org</a> Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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