HERE COMES THE SONG

My favourite concert of 2025 featured the same artist as last year, Brandi Carlile. She and her band wowed London’s Drury Lane theatre in 2024. She repeated the feat this year – and I didn’t even have to leave the house. Her five-song performance at NPR’s Tiny Desk in Washington is proving a YouTube phenomenon, and her first offering, A War With Time, from latest album Returning To Myself, is our Song Of The Week at herecomesthesong.com.

Phil Shaw presents his favourite 10 songs of 2025, from Nadia Reid and Bon Iver to Van Morrison and CMAT