Overstreet’s Favorite Recordings of 2025: #10–#1

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Overstreet’s Favorite Recordings of 2025: #10–#1
Karly Hartzman leads the band Wednesday in a 2024 Pittsburgh performance. (Image: Brighterorange, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)

I’m working on this list here, during the first days of April, hoping to finally conclude my reflections on 2025 highlights so I can get to work posting about all that is great and good in 2026. This new year just won’t slow down enough that I’m able to catch up!

#10

Robert Plant with Suzi Dian,
Saving Grace

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Four minutes of off-the-cuff commentary on Robert Plant's Saving Grace.


#9

Valerie June,
Owls, Omens, and Oracles

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Four minutes of impromptu notes on Valerie June’s Owls, Omens, and Oracles.


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