Podwireless Best Of 2025

 

The 50 favourites from more than 350 new CD releases that made it through selection for Podwireless play in 2025*

 

Scroll down for the Best Of 2025 Podcast Playlist and Playlink. 

THE BEST NEW CDs OF 2025 

 

1.  MIKEY KENNEY : Tiny Little Light (Penny Fiddle)

2. RUTH HAZLETON : Heronbones (Ruth Hazleton)

3. SIROM : In The Wind Of The Night… (Glitterbeat/ tak:til)

4. SAM AMIDON : Salt River (River Lea)

5. BOSS MORRIS : Boss Morris (Boss Morris)

6. SENDUKI : Strania (Alfa Music)

7. VERONIKA VARGA : True Picture (CPL Music)

8. SALT HOUSE : Scarrow (Hudson)

9. VOTIA : Vié Kaz (Ajabu)

10. RADIO TARIFA : La Noche (Buda)

 

The Rest Of The Best (alphabetically) 

 ALICE : Chateaux Fables (Bongo Joe)

PAUL ARMFIELD : Between The Covers (Paul Armfield)

BROWN BOOTS BOOGIE BAND : Dancing Boots (Brown Boots)

MARTIN CARTHY : Transform Me Then Into A Fish (Hem Hem)

ABLAYE CISSOKO & CYRILLE BROTTO : Djiyo (Ma Case)

XANTHOULA DAKOVANOU : Rizituals (Mousa)

TAMSIN ELLIOTT : The Meeting Tree (Penny Fiddle)

PIERS FACCINI & BALLAKE SISSOKO : Our Calling (No Format!)

FLOATING SOFA QUARTET : Tides (GO' Danish Folk Music)

FRIGG : Dreamscapes (Bafe's Factory)

GUITARI BARO : Guitari Baro (Chrysalis)

ROBERTA GULISANO : A Ccu Apparteni (Roberta Gulisano)

STEVE GUNN : Daylight Daylight (No Quarter)

CERYS HAFANA : Angel (Glitterbeat/ tak:til)

MICHAEL HURLEY : Broken Homes & Gardens (No Quarter)

THE KASAMBWE BROTHERS : The Kasambwe Brothers (MASS MoCA)

AMIRA KHEIR : Black Diamonds (Stern's)

LISA KNAPP & GERRY DIVER : Hinterland (Ear To The Ground)

RENÉ LACAILLE : Ti Galé (Lamastrock)

L'ANTIDOTE : L'Antidote  ( Ponderosa Music)

LEVERET : Lost Measures (Leveret)

ANNA LING : Light (Anna Ling)

CHEIKH LÔ : Maame (World Circuit)

MEKONS : Horror (Fire)

MISHRA & DEEPA SHAKTHI : Turn O Spinning Wheel (Mishra)

MARIA MULDAUR : The Blues Of Victoria Spivey (Nola Blue)

NARAGONIA QUARTET : Nehalennia (Trad Records)

YOUSSOU NDOUR : Eclairer Le Monde / Light The World (Youssou Ndour)

OWLS : Rare Birds (New Amsterdam)

MAURO PALMAS & GIACOMO VARDEU : Sighida (Mare E Miniere)

JOCELYN PETTIT & ELLEN GIRA : Here To Stay (Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira)

ROBERT PLANT : Saving Grace (Nonesuch)

POOR CREATURE : All Smiles Tonight (River Lea)

SAODAJ : Lodèr La Vi (Kaskas/ Buda)

JOAN SHELLEY : Real Warmth (No Quarter)

SOKRATIS SINOPOULOS & YANN KEERIM : Topos (ECM)

SPONTUS : Ar Lagad Bleiz (Klam)

TRIO DA KALI : Bagola  (One World)

JON WILKS : Needless Alley (Grizzly Folk)

BARBORA XU : The Garden Of Otava (Nordic Notes)

 

BEST COMPILATION,

RE-ISSUE OR HISTORIC CDs

 

 

1. MARIANNE FAITHFULL : Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Decca 6CD box)

2. DICK GAUGHAN : Live At The BBC 1972-79 (Gaughan/ Talking Elephant)

3. VARIOUS ARTISTS : A Tribute To The King Of Zydeco ( Valcour)

4. MULUKEN MÈLLÈSSÈ : Ethiopiques 31 (Buda)

5. JASON STEEL : Hen's Teeth: Rarities 2008-2019 (Rif Mountain)

 

 

 

(*Note: the Podwireless Best of 2025 is of full new albums released on CD and where Podwireless got a finished packaged copy: not included are those that only came out as download or vinyl only or where we only received a download preview.)

 

PLAY LINK: PODWIRELESS BEST OF 2025

(This playlink is to Mixcloud streaming: you can also download the podcast from Podomatic )

1. (Intro) Mikey Kenney : Wavertree from the CD Tiny Little Light (Penny Fiddle) Bandcamp

2. Mikey Kenney : The Doing Of The Bee from the CD Tiny Little Light (Penny Fiddle) Bandcamp

3. Ruth Hazleton : The Heron (Two Sisters)  from the CD Heron Bones (Ruth Hazleton) Bandcamp

4. Sam Amidon : I'm On My Journey Home from the CD Salt River (River Lea) Bandcamp

5. Boss Morris : Golden Blackbird Jig from the CD Boss Morris (Boss Morris) Bandcamp

6. Senduki : Regina Di Li Hiuri from the CD Strania (Alfa Music) Website

7. Veronica Varga : Esi Koimasai from the CD True Picture (CPL Music) Bandcamp

8. Salt House : Snow Walking from the CD Scarrow (Hudson) Bandcamp

9. Votia : Zoli Péi from the CD Vié Kaz (Ajabu) Bandcamp

10. Radio Tarifa : Picabo En Vano from the CD La Noche (Buda) Bandcamp

11. Marianne Faithfull : Sunny Goodge Street [Alternate Take] from the 6 CD box Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Decca) Web Shop

12. Dick Gaughan : Rigs O'Rye from the CD Live At The BBC 1972-79 (Gaughan/Talking Elephant) Bandcamp

13. Jason Steel : Rosie from the CD Hen's Teeth : Rarities 2008-2019 (Rif Mountain) Bandcamp

14. Muluqèn Mèllèssè : Kèsét Eswa Betcha from the CD Ethiopiques 31 (Buda) Bandcamp

15. Steve Earle & Anthony Dopsie : Just Like A Woman from the CD A Tribute To The King Of Zydeco (Valcour) Website

16. Sirom : Between The Fingers The Drops Of Tomorrow's Dawn from the CD In The Wind Of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper (Glitterbeat / tak:til) Bandcamp

 

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