Each guest's questionnaire is filled with so many songs, albums & artists that I now love. But in the spirit of year end music lists, here is one song from each 2025 guest that really stuck with me. Order based on flow.
HELD SONGS MIXTAPE (playlist on Spotify)
So Lonely - The Police (Jay Lund)
Pata Pata - Miriam Makeba (Liz Tuccillo)
Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Inara George)
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead (Rainn Wilson)
St. Swithin’s Day - Billy Bragg (Stephanie Courtney)
Cherry Bomb - The Runaways (Spencer Garrett)
If It Ain’t Ruff - NWA (Mark Pieper)
I Can Let Go Now - Michael McDonald (Cleto Escobedo III)
Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield (Alexander Straus)
Running Out Of Lies - Johnnie Taylor (Jordan Whittington)
Goodbye Earl - The Chicks (Olivia de Recat)
Verdi Cries - 10,000 Maniacs (Sam Catlin)
Aphasia - Pinegrove (Liam Yorgensen)
Mandika - Sinead O’Connor (Drew Droege)
Letter to Hermione - Robert Glasper (Jamila Glass)
If We Were Vampires - Jason Isbell (Mike Soroka)
Girls Like Me - Bonnie Hayes (Merrin Dungey)
The Distance - Cake (Pete Gardner)
Come To The Manger - Donny Osmond (Jill Lover)
Blues Run The Game - Laura Marling (Max Chernin)
The Queen And The Soldier - Suzanne Vega (Tuc Watkins)
Song 2 - Blur (David Magidoff)
Never Stop - Brand New Heavies (Julie Dretzin)
The Foggy Dew - Chieftains/Sinead (Rory O’Malley)
Come Back Home - Seo Taiji Boys (Peter Kim)
Start Wearing Purple - Gogol Bordello (John Bush)
Here We Go - N’Sync (Jeannie Klisiewicz)
Painted From Memory - Elvis and Burt (Chris Douridas)
Cold Feet - Tracy Chapman (Jordan Black)
