Best of 2025: Look Up

It's a long way down and there's no bottom; you had the blues but you forgot them, look up... Ringo Starr - Look Up

Now that 2025 is behind us, I thought I would list my favorites from the year past.

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My favorite Album of 2025:  Ringo Starr - Look Up

I talked about this album in a previous blog:

... my favorite drummer (along with Keith Moon) Ringo Starr has recently put out his best album in years.  It is a fine one.  Aided by artists such as Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Lucius and Larkin Poe and produced by super-producer T-Bone Burnett, Ringo’s Look Up is a country flavored joy.  Burnett tends to bring out the best in whoever he works with and he has done it here once again.

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My favorite Song of 2025:  Ringo Starr - Look Up

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My favorite Concert of 2025: The Avett Brothers / Houndmouth

I wrote about it in a previous blog:

The Avett Brothers are amazing in concert.  First of all, they are uber talented singers and fantastic musicians, but they also connect with the audience so well.  Friday night, they played about 2 1/2 hours of passionate, fun music.  Their set covered their entire catalogue, and the audience knew the songs, singing along at any opportunity.

This was a hard one.  I saw 2 other great shows last year:

 (1) Burton Cummings at the Lexington Opera House (I wrote in a previous post)

I was fortunate enough recently to get to see Burton Cummings formerly of The Guess Who.  For a man in his late 70's he looked great and still had his voice. He played a great set that included all of the great Guess Who classics and even his great solo song Stand Tall.  The Canadian played keyboards and even flute on Undone. 

(2) The Minus 5, The Baseball Project, Chris Stamey & more at the Mountain Stage in Charleston, WV

See my previous post for a word on that show.